English - Chapter 72 - Al-Jinn

SAY: "It has been revealed to me that a band of sprites sat listening, and then said: ´We have heard a wonderful Reading

guiding [people] to normal behavior, so we have believed in it. Not one of us will ever associate anyone else with our Lord

Our Lord´s excellence must be exalted! He has taken no consort nor any son

Some fool among us has been saying outrageous things about God

We thought that no human being nor any sprite would ever tell a lie about God!´

Once human men used to take refuge with men from the sprites and it made them even more pretentious

They thought, just as you have supposed, that God will never send anyone up again

We reached out for Heaven and found it staffed with stern guards and shooting stars

We used to squat in some of its seats to listen, though anyone who eavesdrops now finds a shooting star lurking there for him

We do not know whether evil is intended for anyone on earth, or their Lord wants integrity for them

Some of us are honorable while others of us are quite the opposite of that: we [travel] along such diverse routes

We supposed we would never escape God on earth, and we shall never escape Him by fleeing

When we heard about guidance, we trusted it. Anyone who trusts in his Lord needs not fear about being undersold nor caught short

Some of us are Muslims while others of us are [still] holding back. Those who have committed themselves to (live in) peace are dedicated to integrity

while those who hold back will become kindling for Hell

so We may test them by means of it; while it will lead anyone away to mounting torment who avoids mentioning his Lord

Mosques belong to God, so do not appeal to anyone besides God (in them)

Yet whenever God´s servant stood up to appeal to Him, they almost crowded in upon him

SAY: "I appeal only to my Lord and never associate anyone else [in my worship of] Him

SAY: "I do not control any harm for you nor any integrity

SAY: "No one grants protection from God nor will I ever find any sanctuary besides that in Him

except through a decree from God, and in His message. Anyone who defies God and His messenger will have Hell fire to live in for ever

until once they see what they have been promised, they will realize who has the weakest supporter and are fewest in numbers

SAY: "If I only knew whether what you are promised is near, or whether my Lord has set a grace period for it

Knowing the Unseen, He never discloses his Unseen [secrets] to anyone

except for some messenger whom He approves of. He leads him off with an escort both before him and behind him

so He may know that they have delivered their Lord´s messages. He embraces anything that lies in their prescnce, and calculates everything by means of numbers