Surah Al-Jinn

قُلْ اُوْحِيَ اِلَيَّ اَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوْٓا اِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْاٰنًا عَجَبًاۙ ۝١

Qul ūḥiya ilayya annahustama‘a nafarum minal-jinni fa qōlū innā sami‘nā qur'ānan ‘ajabā

1. Say, “It was revealed to me that a band of jinn listened in, and said, ‘We have heard a wondrous Quran.

يَّهْدِيْٓ اِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَاٰمَنَّا بِهٖۗ وَلَنْ نُّشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَآ اَحَدًاۖ ۝٢

Yahdī ilar-rusydi fa'āmannā bih, wa lan nusyrika birobbinā aḥadā

2. It guides to rectitude, so we have believed in it; and we will never associate anyone with our Lord.

وَّاَنَّهٗ تَعٰلٰى جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا اتَّخَذَ صَاحِبَةً وَّلَا وَلَدًاۖ ۝٣

Wa annahū ta‘ālā jaddu robbinā mattakhoża ṣōḥibataw wa lā waladā

3. And exalted is the grandeur of our Lord—He never had a mate, nor a child.

وَّاَنَّهٗ كَانَ يَقُوْلُ سَفِيْهُنَا عَلَى اللّٰهِ شَطَطًاۖ ۝٤

Wa annahū kāna yaqūlu safīhunā ‘alallāhi syaṭoṭō

4. But the fools among us used to say nonsense about Allah.

وَّاَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ اَنْ لَّنْ تَقُوْلَ الْاِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِبًاۙ ۝٥

Wa annā ẓonannā allan taqūlal-insu wal-jinnu ‘alallāhi każibā

5. And we thought that humans and jinn would never utter lies about Allah.

وَّاَنَّهٗ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِّنَ الْاِنْسِ يَعُوْذُوْنَ بِرِجَالٍ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ فَزَادُوْهُمْ رَهَقًاۖ ۝٦

Wa annahū kāna rijālum minal insi ya‘ūżūna birijālim minal-jinni fa zādūhum rohaqō

6. Some individual humans used to seek power through some individual jinn, but they only increased them in confusion.

وَّاَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوْا كَمَا ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ لَّنْ يَّبْعَثَ اللّٰهُ اَحَدًاۖ ۝٧

Wa annahum ẓonnū kamā ẓonantum allay yab‘aṡallāhu aḥadā

7. They thought, as you thought, that Allah would never resurrect anyone.

وَّاَنَّا لَمَسْنَا السَّمَاۤءَ فَوَجَدْنٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيْدًا وَّشُهُبًاۖ ۝٨

Wa annā lamasnas-samā-a fa wajadnāhā muli'at ḥarosan syadīdaw wa syuhubā

8. We probed the heaven, and found it filled with stern guards and projectiles.

وَّاَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَاعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِۗ فَمَنْ يَّسْتَمِعِ الْاٰنَ يَجِدْ لَهٗ شِهَابًا رَّصَدًاۖ ۝٩

Wa annā kunnā naq‘udu minhā maqō‘ida lis-sam‘, famay yastami‘il-āna yajid lahū syihābar roṣodā

9. We used to take up positions to listen in; but whoever listens now finds a projectile in wait for him.

وَّاَنَّا لَا نَدْرِيْٓ اَشَرٌّ اُرِيْدَ بِمَنْ فِى الْاَرْضِ اَمْ اَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَدًاۙ ۝١٠

Wa annā lā nadrī asyarrun urīda biman fil-arḍi am arōda bihim robbuhum rosyadā

10. We do not know whether ill is intended for those on earth, or if their Lord intends goodness for them.

وَّاَنَّا مِنَّا الصّٰلِحُوْنَ وَمِنَّا دُوْنَ ذٰلِكَۗ كُنَّا طَرَاۤىِٕقَ قِدَدًاۙ ۝١١

Wa annā minnaṣ-ṣōliḥūna wa minnā dūna żālik, kunnā ṭorō-iqo qidadā

11. Some of us are righteous, but some of us are less than that; we follow divergent paths.

وَّاَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ اَنْ لَّنْ نُّعْجِزَ اللّٰهَ فِى الْاَرْضِ وَلَنْ نُّعْجِزَهٗ هَرَبًاۖ ۝١٢

Wa annā ẓonannā allan nu‘jizallāha fil-arḍi wa lan nu‘jizahū harobā

12. We realized that we cannot defeat Allah on earth, and that we cannot escape Him by fleeing.

وَّاَنَّا لَمَّا سَمِعْنَا الْهُدٰىٓ اٰمَنَّا بِهٖۗ فَمَنْ يُّؤْمِنْۢ بِرَبِّهٖ فَلَا يَخَافُ بَخْسًا وَّلَا رَهَقًاۖ ۝١٣

Wa annā lammā sami‘nal-hudā āmannā bih, famay yu'mim birobbihī falā yakhōfu bakhsaw wa lā rohaqō

13. And when we heard the guidance, we believed in it. Whoever believes in his Lord fears neither loss, nor burden.

وَّاَنَّا مِنَّا الْمُسْلِمُوْنَ وَمِنَّا الْقٰسِطُوْنَۗ فَمَنْ اَسْلَمَ فَاُولٰۤىِٕكَ تَحَرَّوْا رَشَدًا ۝١٤

Wa annā minnal-muslimūna wa minnal-qōsiṭūn, faman aslama fa ulā-ika taḥarrou rosyadā

14. Among us are those who are submitting, and among us are the compromisers. As for those who have submitted—it is they who pursue rectitude.

وَاَمَّا الْقٰسِطُوْنَ فَكَانُوْا لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًاۙ ۝١٥

Wa ammal-qōsiṭūna fa kānū lijahannama ḥaṭobā

15. But as for the compromisers—they will be firewood for Hell.’”

وَّاَنْ لَّوِ اسْتَقَامُوْا عَلَى الطَّرِيْقَةِ لَاَسْقَيْنٰهُمْ مَّاۤءً غَدَقًاۙ ۝١٦

Wa allawistaqōmū ‘alaṭ-ṭorīqoti la'asqoināhum mā-an ghodaqō

16. Had they kept true to the Path, We would have given them plenty of water to drink.

لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيْهِۗ وَمَنْ يُّعْرِضْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّهٖ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًا صَعَدًاۙ ۝١٧

Linaftinahum fīh, wa may yu‘riḍ ‘an żikri robbihī yasluk-hu ‘ażāban ṣo‘adā

17. To test them with it. Whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will direct him to torment ever mounting.

وَّاَنَّ الْمَسٰجِدَ لِلّٰهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوْا مَعَ اللّٰهِ اَحَدًاۖ ۝١٨

Wa annal-masājida lillāhi falā tad‘ū ma‘allāhi aḥadā

18. The places of worship are for Allah. So do not call, besides Allah, upon anyone else.

وَّاَنَّهٗ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ اللّٰهِ يَدْعُوْهُ كَادُوْا يَكُوْنُوْنَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًاۗ ࣖ ۝١٩

Wa annahū lammā qōma ‘abdullāhi yad‘ūhu kādū yakūnūna ‘alaihi libadā

19. And when the servant of Allah got up calling on Him, they almost fell on him in a mass.

قُلْ اِنَّمَآ اَدْعُوْا رَبِّيْ وَلَآ اُشْرِكُ بِهٖٓ اَحَدًا ۝٢٠

Qul innamā ad‘ū robbī wa lā usyriku bihī aḥadā

20. Say, “I pray only to my Lord, and I never associate anyone with Him.”

قُلْ اِنِّيْ لَآ اَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَّلَا رَشَدًا ۝٢١

Qul innī lā amliku lakum ḍorrow wa lā rosyadā

21. Say, “It is not in my power to harm you, nor to bring you to right conduct.”

قُلْ اِنِّيْ لَنْ يُّجِيْرَنِيْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ اَحَدٌ ەۙ وَّلَنْ اَجِدَ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ مُلْتَحَدًا ۙ ۝٢٢

Qul innī lay yujīronī minallāhi aḥad, wa lan ajida min dūnihī multaḥadā

22. Say, “No one can protect me from Allah, and I will not find any refuge except with Him.

اِلَّا بَلٰغًا مِّنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِسٰلٰتِهٖۗ وَمَنْ يَّعْصِ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُوْلَهٗ فَاِنَّ لَهٗ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدِيْنَ فِيْهَآ اَبَدًاۗ ۝٢٣

Illā balāghom minallāhi wa risālātih, wa may ya‘ṣillāha wa rosūlahū fa inna lahū nāro jahannama khōlidīna fīhā abadā

23. Except for a proclamation from Allah and His messages. He who defies Allah and His Messenger—for him is the Fire of Hell, in which they will dwell forever.”

حَتّٰىٓ اِذَا رَاَوْا مَا يُوْعَدُوْنَ فَسَيَعْلَمُوْنَ مَنْ اَضْعَفُ نَاصِرًا وَّاَقَلُّ عَدَدًاۗ ۝٢٤

Ḥattā iżā ro'au mā yū‘adūna fasaya‘lamūna man aḍ‘afu nāṣirow wa aqollu ‘adadā

24. Until, when they see what they were promised, they will know who is weaker in helpers, and fewer in numbers.

قُلْ اِنْ اَدْرِيْٓ اَقَرِيْبٌ مَّا تُوْعَدُوْنَ اَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهٗ رَبِّيْٓ اَمَدًا ۝٢٥

Qul in adrī aqorībum mā tū‘adūna am yaj‘alu lahū robbī amadā

25. Say, “I do not know whether what you are promised is near, or whether my Lord will extend it for a period.”

عٰلِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلٰى غَيْبِهٖٓ اَحَدًاۙ ۝٢٦

‘Ālimul-ghoibi falā yuẓhiru ‘alā ghoibihī aḥadā

26. The Knower of the Invisible; He does not disclose His Invisible to anyone.

اِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضٰى مِنْ رَّسُوْلٍ فَاِنَّهٗ يَسْلُكُ مِنْۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهٖ رَصَدًاۙ ۝٢٧

Illā manirtaḍō mir rosūlin fa innahū yasluku mim baini yadaihi wa min kholfihī roṣodā

27. Except to a messenger of His choosing. He then dispatches guards before him and behind him.

لِّيَعْلَمَ اَنْ قَدْ اَبْلَغُوْا رِسٰلٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَاَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَاَحْصٰى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَدَدًا ࣖ ۝٢٨

Liya‘lama an qod ablaghū risālāti robbihim wa aḥāṭo bimā ladaihim wa aḥṣō kulla syai'in ‘adadā

28. That He may know that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord. He encompasses what they have, and has tallied everything by number.