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    English - Chapter 72

    Translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Verse 1

    Say: It has been revealed to me that a company of Jinns listened (to the Qur'an). They said, 'We have really heard a wonderful Recital

    Verse 2

    It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: we shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord

    Verse 3

    And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son

    Verse 4

    There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against Allah

    Verse 5

    But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue against Allah

    Verse 6

    True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly

    Verse 7

    And they (came to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise up any one (to Judgment)

    Verse 8

    And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires

    Verse 9

    We used, indeed, to sit there in (hidden) stations, to (steal) a hearing; but any who listen now will find a flaming fire watching him in ambush

    Verse 10

    And we understand not whether ill is intended to those on earth, or whether their Lord (really) intends to guide them to right conduct

    Verse 11

    There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths

    Verse 12

    But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight

    Verse 13

    And as for us, since we have listened to the Guidance, we have accepted it: and any who believes in his Lord has no fear, either of a short (account) or of any injustice

    Verse 14

    Amongst us are some that submit their wills (to Allah), and some that swerve from justice. Now those who submit their wills - they have sought out (the path) of right conduct

    Verse 15

    But those who swerve,- they are (but) fuel for Hell-fire

    Verse 16

    (And Allah's Message is): "If they (the Pagans) had (only) remained on the (right) Way, We should certainly have bestowed on them Rain in abundance

    Verse 17

    That We might try them by that (means). But if any turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will cause him to undergo a severe Penalty

    Verse 18

    And the places of worship are for Allah (alone): So invoke not any one along with Allah

    Verse 19

    Yet when the Devotee of Allah stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd

    Verse 20

    Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)

    Verse 21

    Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct

    Verse 22

    Say: "No one can deliver me from Allah (If I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him

    Verse 23

    Unless I proclaim what I receive from Allah and His Messages: for any that disobey Allah and His Messenger,- for them is Hell: they shall dwell therein for ever

    Verse 24

    At length, when they see (with their own eyes) that which they are promised,- then will they know who it is that is weakest in (his) helper and least important in point of numbers

    Verse 25

    Say: "I know not whether the (Punishment) which ye are promised is near, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term

    Verse 26

    He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted with His Mysteries

    Verse 27

    Except a messenger whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind him

    Verse 28

    That He may know that they have (truly) brought and delivered the Messages of their Lord: and He surrounds (all the mysteries) that are with them, and takes account of every single thing