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." |