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Chap 72: THE JINN, SPRITES (72:0) 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! (72:1) 'It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: we shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord (72:2) 'And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son (72:3) 'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against God; (72:4) 'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue against God (72:5) 'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly (72:6) 'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that God would not raise up any one (to Judgment) (72:7) 'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires (72:8) '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 (72:9) 'And we understand not whether ill is intended to those on earth, or whether their Lord (really) intends to guide them to right conduct (72:10) 'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths (72:11) 'But we think that we can by no means frustrate God throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight (72:12) '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 (72:13) 'Amongst us are some that submit their wills (to God), and some that swerve from justice. Now those who submit their wills - they have sought out (the path) of right conduct: (72:14) 'But those who swerve,- they are (but) fuel for Hell-fire'- (72:15) (And God's Message is): "If they (the Pagans) had (only) remained on the (right) Way, We should certainly have bestowed on them Rain in abundance (72:16) "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 (72:17) "And the places of worship are for God (alone): So invoke not any one along with God; (72:18) "Yet when the Devotee of God stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd." (72:19) Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)." (72:20) Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct." (72:21) Say: "No one can deliver me from God (If I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him, (72:22) "Unless I proclaim what I receive from God and His Messages: for any that disobey God and His Apostle,- for them is Hell: they shall dwell therein for ever." (72:23) 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 (72:24) Say: "I know not whether the (Punishment) which ye are promised is near, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term (72:25) "He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted with His Mysteries,- (72:26) "Except an apostle whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind him, (72:27) "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."
(72:28)
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