Al-Jinn

قُلۡ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسۡتَمَعَ نَفَرٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا سَمِعۡنَا قُرۡءَانًا عَجَبٗا ١

Qul ūḥiya ilayya annahustamaʿa nafarum minal-jinni faqālū innā samiʿnā qurʾānan ʿajabā.

Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].

يَهۡدِيٓ إِلَى ٱلرُّشۡدِ فَـَٔامَنَّا بِهِۦۖ وَلَن نُّشۡرِكَ بِرَبِّنَآ أَحَدٗا ٢

Yahdī ilar-rushdi fa āmannā bih, wa lan nushrika birabbinā aḥadā.

It guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone.

وَأَنَّهُۥ تَعَٰلَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَٰحِبَةٗ وَلَا وَلَدٗا ٣

Wa annahū taʿālā jaddu rabbinā mattakhadha ṣāḥibataw wa lā waladā.

And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son

وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطٗا ٤

Wa annahū kāna yaqūlu safīhunā ʿalallāhi shaṭaṭā.

And that our foolish one [i.e., Iblees]¹ has been saying about Allāh an excessive transgression.

وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلۡإِنسُ وَٱلۡجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا ٥

Wa annā ẓanannā al lan taqūlal-insu wal-jinnu ʿalallāhi kadhibā.

And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allāh a lie.

وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمۡ رَهَقٗا ٦

Wa annahū kāna rijālum minal-insi yaʿūdhūna birijālim minal-jinni fazādūhum rahaqā.

And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden [i.e., sin].

وَأَنَّهُمۡ ظَنُّواْ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمۡ أَن لَّن يَبۡعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٗا ٧

Wa annahum ẓannū kamā ẓanantum al lay yabʿathallāhu aḥadā.

And they had thought, as you thought, that Allāh would never send anyone [as a messenger].

وَأَنَّا لَمَسۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدۡنَٰهَا مُلِئَتۡ حَرَسٗا شَدِيدٗا وَشُهُبٗا ٨

Wa annā lamasnas-samāʾa fawajadnāhā muliʾat ḥarasan shadīdaw wa shuhubā.

And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.

وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقۡعُدُ مِنۡهَا مَقَٰعِدَ لِلسَّمۡعِۖ فَمَن يَسۡتَمِعِ ٱلۡأٓنَ يَجِدۡ لَهُۥ شِهَابٗا رَّصَدٗا ٩

Wa annā kunnā naqʿudu minhā maqāʿida lis-samʿ, famay yastamiʿil-āna yajid lahū shihābar raṣadā.

And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing,¹ but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.

وَأَنَّا لَا نَدۡرِيٓ أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَمۡ أَرَادَ بِهِمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ رَشَدٗا ١٠

Wa annā lā nadrī asharrun urīda biman fil-arḍi am arāda bihim rabbuhum rashadā.

And we do not know [therefore] whether evil is intended for those on earth or whether their Lord intends for them a right course.

وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَۖ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدٗا ١١

Wa annā minnaṣ-ṣāliḥūna wa minnā dūna dhālik, kunnā ṭarāʾiqa qidadā.

And among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.¹

وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعۡجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَن نُّعۡجِزَهُۥ هَرَبٗا ١٢

Wa annā ẓanannā al lan nuʿjizallāha fil-arḍi wa lan nuʿjizahū harabā.

And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allāh upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.

وَأَنَّا لَمَّا سَمِعۡنَا ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦۖ فَمَن يُؤۡمِنۢ بِرَبِّهِۦ فَلَا يَخَافُ بَخۡسٗا وَلَا رَهَقٗا ١٣

Wa annā lammā samiʿnal-hudā āmannā bih, famay yuʾmim birabbihī falā yakhāfu bakhsaw wa lā rahaqā.

And when we heard the guidance [i.e., the Qur’ān], we believed in it. And whoever believes in his Lord will not fear deprivation or burden.¹

وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلۡمُسۡلِمُونَ وَمِنَّا ٱلۡقَٰسِطُونَۖ فَمَنۡ أَسۡلَمَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ تَحَرَّوۡاْ رَشَدٗا ١٤

Wa annā minnal-muslimūna wa minnal-qāsiṭūn, faman aslama fa ulāʾika taḥarraw rashadā.

And among us are Muslims [in submission to Allāh], and among us are the unjust.¹ And whoever has become Muslim - those have sought out the right course.

وَأَمَّا ٱلۡقَٰسِطُونَ فَكَانُواْ لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبٗا ١٥

Wa ammal-qāsiṭūna fakānū lijahannama ḥaṭabā.

But as for the unjust, they will be, for Hell, firewood.'

وَأَلَّوِ ٱسۡتَقَٰمُواْ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰهُم مَّآءً غَدَقٗا ١٦

Wa allawistaqāmū ʿalaṭ-ṭarīqati laʾasqaynāhum māʾan ghadaqā.

And [Allāh revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant rain [i.e., provision]

لِّنَفۡتِنَهُمۡ فِيهِۚ وَمَن يُعۡرِضۡ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّهِۦ يَسۡلُكۡهُ عَذَابٗا صَعَدٗا ١٧

Linaftinahum fīh, wa may yuʿriḍ ʿan dhikri rabbihī yaslukhu ʿadhāban ṣaʿadā.

So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord¹ He will put into arduous punishment.

وَأَنَّ ٱلۡمَسَٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدۡعُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدٗا ١٨

Wa annal-masājida lillāhi falā tadʿū maʿallāhi aḥadā.

And [He revealed] that the masjids¹ are for Allāh, so do not invoke² with Allāh anyone.

وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبۡدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدۡعُوهُ كَادُواْ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيۡهِ لِبَدٗا ١٩

Wa annahū lammā qāma ʿabdullāhi yadʿūhu kādū yakūnūna ʿalayhi libadā.

And that when the Servant [i.e., Prophet] of Allāh stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."¹

قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أَدۡعُواْ رَبِّي وَلَآ أُشۡرِكُ بِهِۦٓ أَحَدٗا ٢٠

Qul innamā adʿū rabbī wa lā ushriku bihī aḥadā.

Say, [O Muḥammad], "I only invoke my Lord and do not associate with Him anyone."

قُلۡ إِنِّي لَآ أَمۡلِكُ لَكُمۡ ضَرّٗا وَلَا رَشَدٗا ٢١

Qul innī lā amliku lakum ḍarraw wa lā rashadā.

Say, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."

قُلۡ إِنِّي لَن يُجِيرَنِي مِنَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدٞ وَلَنۡ أَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلۡتَحَدًا ٢٢

Qul innī lay yujīranī minallāhi aḥaduw wa lan ajida min dūnihī multaḥadā.

Say, "Indeed, there will never protect me from Allāh anyone [if I should disobey], nor will I find in other than Him a refuge.

إِلَّا بَلَٰغٗا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِسَٰلَٰتِهِۦۚ وَمَن يَعۡصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ٢٣

Illā balāgham minallāhi wa risālātih, wa may yaʿṣillāha wa rasūlahū fa inna lahū nāra jahannama khālidīna fīhā abadā.

But [I have for you] only notification from Allāh, and His messages." And whoever disobeys Allāh and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell; they will abide therein forever.

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوۡاْ مَا يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعۡلَمُونَ مَنۡ أَضۡعَفُ نَاصِرٗا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدٗا ٢٤

Ḥattā idhā raʾaw mā yūʿadūna fasayaʿlamūna man aḍʿafu nāṣiraw wa aqallu ʿadadā.

[The disbelievers continue] until, when they see that which they are promised, then they will know who is weaker in helpers and less in number.

قُلۡ إِنۡ أَدۡرِيٓ أَقَرِيبٞ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمۡ يَجۡعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّيٓ أَمَدًا ٢٥

Qul in adrī aqarībum mā tūʿadūna am yajʿalu lahū rabbī amadā.

Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."

عَٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ فَلَا يُظۡهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيۡبِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا ٢٦

ʿĀlimul-ghaybi falā yuẓhiru ʿalā ghaybihī aḥadā.

[He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرۡتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٖ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسۡلُكُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦ رَصَدٗا ٢٧

Illā manirtaḍā mir rasūlin fa innahū yasluku mim bayni yadayhi wa min khalfihī raṣadā.

Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before him [i.e., each messenger] and behind him observers¹

لِّيَعۡلَمَ أَن قَدۡ أَبۡلَغُواْ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ وَأَحۡصَىٰ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ عَدَدَۢا ٢٨

Liyaʿlama an qad ablaghū risālāti rabbihim wa aḥāṭa bimā ladayhim wa aḥṣā kulla shayʾin ʿadadā.

That he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] may know¹ that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number.