In the name
of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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!
2. 'It gives guidance
to the Right, and we have believed therein: we shall not join
(in worship) any (gods) with our Lord.
3. 'And Exalted is
the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son.
4. 'There were some
foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against
Allah.
5. 'But we do think
that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue against Allah.
6. 'True, there were
persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the
Jinns, but they increased them in folly.
7. 'And they (came
to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise up any one
(to Judgment).
8. 'And we pried into
the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards
and flaming fires.
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.
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.
11. 'There are among
us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow
divergent paths.
12. 'But we think that
we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor
can we frustrate Him by flight.
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.
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:
15. 'But those who
swerve,- they are (but) fuel for Hell-fire'-
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.
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.
18. "And the places
of worship are for Allah (alone): So invoke not any one along
with Allah.
19. "Yet when
the Devotee of Allah stands forth to invoke Him, they just make
round him a dense crowd."
20. Say: "I do
no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false
god)."
21. Say: "It is
not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right
conduct."
22. Say: "No one
can deliver me from Allah (If I were to disobey Him), nor should
I find refuge except in Him,
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."
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.
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.
26. "He (alone)
knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted with His
Mysteries,-
27. "Except an
apostle whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers
march before him and behind him,
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."