Surah Al-Jinn (The Jinn) 72

Revealed 40th in the Qur'an

Read the Full Text with References to the Torah and the Gospel

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Say, "It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur'an.

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

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And [it teaches] that the nobleness of our Lord is exalted; He has not taken a wife ~*Hosea 2:2 or a son

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And that our foolish one has been saying an excessive transgression about God.

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

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

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And they had thought, as you thought, that God would never raise anyone.

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

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And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing, *Testament of Solomon 113, *Testament of Solomon 114 but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.

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

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

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And we have become certain that we will never escape God upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.

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And when we heard the guidance, we believed in it. And whoever believes in his Lord will not fear deprivation or burden.

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And among us are those in submission [to God], and among us are the unjust. And whoever has submitted [to God] - those have sought out the right course.

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

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And [God revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have surely given them water in abundance

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

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And [He revealed] that the places of prostration are for God, so do not invoke anyone with God.

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And that when the servant of God stood up supplicating Him, they almost became a compacted mass around him.

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

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

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Say, "Indeed, no one will protect me from God, nor will I find a refuge in [anything] other than Him.

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

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[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.

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

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

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Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends observers before each messenger and behind him

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So that He may know that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number.