Quran Verses about Jinn
The jinn were created from intensely hot fire before humankind, and like humans they were created to worship Allah. Some jinn heard the Quran and believed; some are righteous and some disbelieve. They do not know the unseen, must not be worshipped or sought for refuge, and on the Day of Judgement the disbelieving jinn enter Hell together with disbelieving humans.
The creation of the jinn
وَٱلۡجَآنَّ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ مِن قَبۡلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ ٢٧
Wal-jānna khalaqnāhu min qablu min nāris-samūm.
And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.
وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِۦٓۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِي وَهُمۡ لَكُمۡ عَدُوُّۢۚ بِئۡسَ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ بَدَلٗا ٥٠
Wa idh qulnā lil-malāʾikatisjudū liʾādama fasajadū illā iblīsa kāna minal-jinni fafasaqa ʿan amri rabbih, afatattakhidhūnahū wa dhurriyyatahū awliyāʾa min dūnī wa hum lakum ʿaduww, biʾsa liẓ-ẓālimīna badalā.
And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from [i.e., disobeyed] the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange.
وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ ١٥
Wa khalaqal-jānna mim mārijim min nār.
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
The jinn were created to worship
وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ ٥٦
Wa mā khalaqtul-jinna wal-insa illā liyaʿbudūn.
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقٖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ ٥٧
Mā urīdu minhum mir rizqiw wa mā urīdu ay yuṭʿimūn.
I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ ٥٨
Innallāha huwar-razzāqu dhul-quwwatil-matīn.
Indeed, it is Allāh who is the [continual] Provider,1 the firm possessor of strength.
Footnotes (1)
- Providing everything required by His creations during their decreed existence. His provision includes guidance.
The jinn heard the Quran and called their people
وَإِذۡ صَرَفۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ نَفَرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُوٓاْ أَنصِتُواْۖ فَلَمَّا قُضِيَ وَلَّوۡاْ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ٢٩
Wa idh ṣarafnā ilayka nafaram minal-jinni yastamiʿūnal-qurʾāna falammā ḥaḍarūhu qālū anṣitū, falammā quḍiya wallaw ilā qawmihim mundhirīn.
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We directed to you a few of the jinn, listening to the Qur’ān. And when they attended it, they said, "Listen attentively." And when it was concluded, they went back to their people as warners.
قَالُواْ يَٰقَوۡمَنَآ إِنَّا سَمِعۡنَا كِتَٰبًا أُنزِلَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ يَهۡدِيٓ إِلَى ٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِلَىٰ طَرِيقٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٣٠
Qālū yāqawmanā innā samiʿnā kitāban unzila mim baʿdi mūsā muṣaddiqal limā bayna yadayhi yahdī ilal-ḥaqqi wa ilā ṭarīqim mustaqīm.
They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a [recited] Book revealed after Moses confirming what was before it which guides to the truth and to a straight path.
يَٰقَوۡمَنَآ أَجِيبُواْ دَاعِيَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَامِنُواْ بِهِۦ يَغۡفِرۡ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمۡ وَيُجِرۡكُم مِّنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ ٣١
Yāqawmanā ajībū dāʿiyallāhi wa āminū bihī yaghfir lakum min dhunūbikum wa yujirkum min ʿadhābin alīm.
O our people, respond to the Caller [i.e., Messenger] of Allāh1 and believe in him; He [i.e., Allāh] will forgive for you your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.
Footnotes (1)
- Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).
وَمَن لَّا يُجِبۡ دَاعِيَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَيۡسَ بِمُعۡجِزٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَيۡسَ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوۡلِيَآءُۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ ٣٢
Wa mal lā yujib dāʿiyallāhi falaysa bimuʿjizin fil-arḍi wa laysa lahū min dūnihī awliyāʾ, ulāʾika fī ḍalālim mubīn.
But he who does not respond to the Caller of Allāh will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."
The jinn's own words in Surah 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.
Footnotes (1)
- A plural form may also be understood, i.e., "the foolish ones among us."
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.
Footnotes (1)
- Before the prophethood of Muḥammad (ﷺ) the jinn used to collect information by eavesdropping on the angels and then pass it on to fortunetellers and soothsayers.
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
Footnotes (1)
- In opinion, belief and religious practice.
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
Footnotes (1)
- In regard to his account in the Hereafter. Nothing of his good will be diminished, nor will the evil of another be placed upon him.
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.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., those who deviate from the truth and act tyrannically.
وَأَمَّا ٱلۡقَٰسِطُونَ فَكَانُواْ لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبٗا ١٥
Wa ammal-qāsiṭūna fakānū lijahannama ḥaṭabā.
But as for the unjust, they will be, for Hell, firewood.'
The jinn who worked for Solomon
وَحُشِرَ لِسُلَيۡمَٰنَ جُنُودُهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ وَٱلطَّيۡرِ فَهُمۡ يُوزَعُونَ ١٧
Wa ḥushira lisulaymāna junūduhū minal-jinni wal-insi waṭ-ṭayri fahum yūzaʿūn.
And gathered for Solomon were his soldiers of the jinn and men and birds, and they were [marching] in rows
قَالَ عِفۡرِيتٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبۡلَ أَن تَقُومَ مِن مَّقَامِكَۖ وَإِنِّي عَلَيۡهِ لَقَوِيٌّ أَمِينٞ ٣٩
Qāla ʿifrītum minal-jinni ana ātīka bihī qabla an taqūma mim maqāmik, wa innī ʿalayhi laqawiyyun amīn.
A powerful one from among the jinn said, "I will bring it to you before you rise from your place, and indeed, I am for this [task] strong and trustworthy."
وَلِسُلَيۡمَٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهۡرٞ وَرَوَاحُهَا شَهۡرٞۖ وَأَسَلۡنَا لَهُۥ عَيۡنَ ٱلۡقِطۡرِۖ وَمِنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ مَن يَعۡمَلُ بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِۦۖ وَمَن يَزِغۡ مِنۡهُمۡ عَنۡ أَمۡرِنَا نُذِقۡهُ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ١٢
Walisulaymānar-rīḥa ghuduwwuhā shahruw wa rawāḥuhā shahr, wa asalnā lahū ʿaynal-qiṭr, wa minal-jinni may yaʿmalu bayna yadayhi biʾidhni rabbih, wa may yazigh minhum ʿan amrinā nudhiqhu min ʿadhābis-saʿīr.
And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind - its morning [journey was that of] a month - and its afternoon [journey was that of] a month, and We made flow for him a spring of [liquid] copper. And among the jinn were those who worked for him by the permission of his Lord. And whoever deviated among them from Our command - We will make him taste of the punishment of the Blaze.
يَعۡمَلُونَ لَهُۥ مَا يَشَآءُ مِن مَّحَٰرِيبَ وَتَمَٰثِيلَ وَجِفَانٖ كَٱلۡجَوَابِ وَقُدُورٖ رَّاسِيَٰتٍۚ ٱعۡمَلُوٓاْ ءَالَ دَاوُۥدَ شُكۡرٗاۚ وَقَلِيلٞ مِّنۡ عِبَادِيَ ٱلشَّكُورُ ١٣
Yaʿmalūna lahū mā yashāʾu mim maḥārība wa tamāthīla wa jifānin kal-jawābi wa qudūrir rāsiyāt, iʿmalū āla dāwūda shukrā, wa qalīlum min ʿibādiyash-shakūr.
They made for him what he willed of elevated chambers,1 statues,2 bowls like reservoirs, and stationary kettles. [We said], "Work, O family of David, in gratitude." And few of My servants are grateful.
Footnotes (2)
- Described by commentators as palaces, dwellings, or places of prayer.
- Which were not prohibited until the time of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).
فَلَمَّا قَضَيۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ مَا دَلَّهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَوۡتِهِۦٓ إِلَّا دَآبَّةُ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ تَأۡكُلُ مِنسَأَتَهُۥۖ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ ٱلۡجِنُّ أَن لَّوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ مَا لَبِثُواْ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِينِ ١٤
Falammā qaḍaynā ʿalayhil-mawta mā dallahum ʿalā mawtihī illā dābbatul-arḍi taʾkulu minsaʾatah, falammā kharra tabayyanatil-jinnu al law kānū yaʿlamūnal-ghayba mā labithū fil-ʿadhābil-muhīn.
And when We decreed for him [i.e., Solomon] death, nothing indicated to them [i.e., the jinn] his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff.1 But when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.2
Footnotes (2)
- Upon which he was leaning at the time of his death. A termite continued to gnaw into the stick until it collapsed under his weight.
- i.e., hard labor. This verse is evidence that the jinn do not possess knowledge of the unseen, which belongs exclusively to Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).
The jinn are not partners of Allah and not to be worshipped
وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَخَلَقَهُمۡۖ وَخَرَقُواْ لَهُۥ بَنِينَ وَبَنَٰتِۭ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖۚ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ١٠٠
Wa jaʿalū lillāhi shurakāʾal-jinna wa khalaqahum, wa kharaqū lahū banīna wa banātim bighayri ʿilm, subḥānahū wa taʿālā ʿammā yaṣifūn.
But they have attributed to Allāh partners - the jinn, while He has created them - and have fabricated for Him sons and daughters without knowledge. Exalted is He and high above what they describe.
قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِمۖ بَلۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ ٱلۡجِنَّۖ أَكۡثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّؤۡمِنُونَ ٤١
Qālū subḥānaka anta waliyyunā min dūnihim, bal kānū yaʿbudūnal-jinn, aktharuhum bihim muʾminūn.
They will say, "Exalted are You! You, [O Allāh], are our benefactor excluding [i.e., not] them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them."
The jinn are also judged, cannot escape, and the disbelievers enter Hell
وَيَوۡمَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ جَمِيعٗا يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ قَدِ ٱسۡتَكۡثَرۡتُم مِّنَ ٱلۡإِنسِۖ وَقَالَ أَوۡلِيَآؤُهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡإِنسِ رَبَّنَا ٱسۡتَمۡتَعَ بَعۡضُنَا بِبَعۡضٖ وَبَلَغۡنَآ أَجَلَنَا ٱلَّذِيٓ أَجَّلۡتَ لَنَاۚ قَالَ ٱلنَّارُ مَثۡوَىٰكُمۡ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٞ ١٢٨
Wa yawma yaḥshuruhum jamīʿay yāmaʿsharal-jinni qadistakthartum minal-ins, wa qāla awliyāʾuhum minal-insi rabbanastamtaʿa baʿḍunā bibaʿḍiw wa balaghnā ajalanal-ladhī ajjalta lanā, qālan-nāru mathwākum khālidīna fīhā illā mā shāʾallāh, inna rabbaka ḥakīmun ʿalīm.
And [mention, O Muḥammad], the Day when He will gather them together [and say], "O company of jinn, you have [misled] many of mankind." And their allies among mankind will say, "Our Lord, some of us made use of others, and we have [now] reached our term which You appointed for us." He will say, "The Fire is your residence, wherein you will abide eternally, except for what Allāh wills. Indeed, your Lord is Wise and Knowing."
يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ أَلَمۡ يَأۡتِكُمۡ رُسُلٞ مِّنكُمۡ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِي وَيُنذِرُونَكُمۡ لِقَآءَ يَوۡمِكُمۡ هَٰذَاۚ قَالُواْ شَهِدۡنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِنَاۖ وَغَرَّتۡهُمُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَشَهِدُواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ أَنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ كَٰفِرِينَ ١٣٠
Yāmaʿsharal-jinni wal-insi alam yaʾtikum rusulum minkum yaquṣṣūna ʿalaykum āyātī wa yundhirūnakum liqāʾa yawmikum hādhā, qālū shahidnā ʿalā anfusinā, wa gharrathumul-ḥayātud-dunyā wa shahidū ʿalā anfusihim annahum kānū kāfirīn.
"O company of jinn and mankind,1 did there not come to you messengers from among you, relating to you My verses and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say, "We bear witness against ourselves"; and the worldly life had deluded them, and they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
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- They will be reproached thus at the Judgement.
قَالَ ٱدۡخُلُواْ فِيٓ أُمَمٖ قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ فِي ٱلنَّارِۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتۡ أُمَّةٞ لَّعَنَتۡ أُخۡتَهَاۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُواْ فِيهَا جَمِيعٗا قَالَتۡ أُخۡرَىٰهُمۡ لِأُولَىٰهُمۡ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمۡ عَذَابٗا ضِعۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِۖ قَالَ لِكُلّٖ ضِعۡفٞ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٨
Qāladkhulū fī umamin qad khalat min qablikum minal-jinni wal-insi fin-nār, kullamā dakhalat ummatul laʿanat ukhtahā, ḥattā idhaddārakū fīhā jamīʿan qālat ukhrāhum liʾūlāhum rabbanā hāʾulāʾi aḍallūnā fa ātihim ʿadhāban ḍiʿfam minan-nār, qāla likullin ḍiʿfuw wa lākil lā taʿlamūn.
[Allāh] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire." Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister1 until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them2 will say about the first of them,3 "Our Lord, these had misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire." He will say, "For each is double, but you do not know."
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- The nation preceding it.
- The followers of evil leaders.
- Their leaders.
وَلَقَدۡ ذَرَأۡنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ لَهُمۡ قُلُوبٞ لَّا يَفۡقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمۡ أَعۡيُنٞ لَّا يُبۡصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمۡ ءَاذَانٞ لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ بِهَآۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ كَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ بَلۡ هُمۡ أَضَلُّۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰفِلُونَ ١٧٩
Wa laqad dharaʾnā lijahannama kathīram minal-jinni wal-ins, lahum qulūbul lā yafqahūna bihā wa lahum aʿyunul lā yubṣirūna bihā wa lahum ādhānul lā yasmaʿūna bihā, ulāʾika kal-anʿāmi bal hum aḍall, ulāʾika humul-ghāfilūn.
And We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear. Those are like livestock; rather, they are more astray.1 It is they who are the heedless.
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- The reference is to their inability (i.e., refusal) to think and reason, while blindly following (as they are accustomed).
وَلَوۡ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗۖ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخۡتَلِفِينَ ١١٨
Wa law shāʾa rabbuka lajaʿalan-nāsa ummataw wāḥidah, wa lā yazālūna mukhtalifīn.
And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ,
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَۚ وَلِذَٰلِكَ خَلَقَهُمۡۗ وَتَمَّتۡ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لَأَمۡلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١١٩
Illā mar raḥima rabbuk, walidhālika khalaqahum, wa tammat kalimatu rabbika laʾamlaʾanna jahannama minal-jinnati wan-nāsi ajmaʿīn.
Except whom your Lord has given mercy, and for that He created them. But the word of your Lord is to be fulfilled that, "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and men all together."
وَلَوۡ شِئۡنَا لَأٓتَيۡنَا كُلَّ نَفۡسٍ هُدَىٰهَا وَلَٰكِنۡ حَقَّ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ مِنِّي لَأَمۡلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٣
Wa law shiʾnā laʾātaynā kulla nafsin hudāhā wa lākin ḥaqqal-qawlu minnī laʾamlaʾanna jahannama minal-jinnati wan-nāsi ajmaʿīn.
And if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but the word1 from Me will come into effect [that] "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and people all together.
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- Deserved by the evildoers.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ رَبَّنَآ أَرِنَا ٱلَّذَيۡنِ أَضَلَّانَا مِنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ نَجۡعَلۡهُمَا تَحۡتَ أَقۡدَامِنَا لِيَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِينَ ٢٩
Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū rabbanā arinal-ladhayni aḍallānā minal-jinni wal-insi najʿalhumā taḥta aqdāminā liyakūnā minal-asfalīn.
And those who disbelieved will [then] say, "Our Lord, show us those who misled us of the jinn and men [so] we may put them under our feet1 that they will be among the lowest."
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- In the lowest depths of Hell. Or "that we may step on them" in revenge.
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ فِيٓ أُمَمٖ قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ خَٰسِرِينَ ١٨
Ulāʾikal-ladhīna ḥaqqa ʿalayhimul-qawlu fī umamin qad khalat min qablihim minal-jinni wal-ins, innahum kānū khāsirīn.
Those are the ones upon whom the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect, [who will be] among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.
يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُواْ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُواْۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ ٣٣
Yāmaʿsharal-jinni wal-insi inistaṭaʿtum an tanfudhū min aqṭāris-samāwāti wal-arḍi fanfudhū, lā tanfudhūna illā bisulṭān.
O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allāh].