72) Sūrat Al-Jinn | Printed format | 72) سُورَة الجِنّ |
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| THIS GRAPHIC chapter was revealed after The Heights 7 and following the Prophet's apparently unsuccessful mission to the mountain town of Taif (OR Tayif) 50 miles to the southeast of Mecca. This event took place in 620 A.D., or two years before the Hijra or his Transfer to Madina. It, like the previous chapter, contains 28 Meccan verses arranged in two sections. Its style resembles that of Chapter 18 on The Cave, for it relates similar allegories. The terms jinn or 'genie' (which forms the usual rendering for the title) are confusing, and when employed they tend to give an undesirable "Arabian Nights" atmosphere to this sacred text. The jinn (which is a plural in Arabic) are intelligent yet immaterial beings created from fire. If the cognate word 'spirits' is used in English, it can be confused with the Holy Spirit (or Ruh-who in Islamic theology is the archangel Gabriel); thus I prefer the more popular term 'sprites', which somewhat makes them resemble the gremlins, elves or the so-called 'little people' in Western folklore, especially in Celtic areas. Professor Faruqi calls them: 'spiritual beings between man and angels" (in referring to 51:iii). We can also remember the evil spirits which Jesus cast out in Matthew 8:16 and Mark 5. Some commentators consider these sprites to be opponents of the Prophet's mission, because of those associated with Solomon. In the name of God, the Mercy-giving, the Merciful! (i) | ||
| Qul 'Ūĥiya 'Ilayya 'Annahu Astama`a Nafarun Mina Al-Jinni Faqālū 'Innā Sami`nā Qur'ānāan `Ajabāan | 072-001* SAY: "It has been revealed to me that a band of sprites sat listening, and then said: 'We have heard a wonderful Reading | قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنا ً عَجَبا ً |
| Yahdī 'Ilá Ar-Rushdi Fa'āmannā Bihi ۖ Wa Lan Nushrika Birabbinā 'Aĥadāan | 072-002* guiding [people] to normal behavior, so we have believed in it. Not one of us will ever associate anyone else with our Lord. | يَهْدِي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَآمَنَّا بِه ِِ ۖ وَلَنْ نُشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَا أَحَدا ً |
| Wa 'Annahu Ta`ālá Jaddu Rabbinā Mā Attakhadha Şāĥibatan Wa Lā Waladāan | 072-003* Our Lord's excellence must be exalted! He has taken no consort nor any son. | وَأَنَّه ُ تَعَالَى جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا اتَّخَذَ صَاحِبَة ً وَلاَ وَلَدا ً |
| Wa 'Annahu Kāna Yaqūlu Safīhunā `Alá Al-Lahi Shaţaţāan | 072-004* Some fool among us has been saying outrageous things about God. | وَأَنَّه ُ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى اللَّهِ شَطَطا ً |
| Wa 'Annā Žanannā 'An Lan Taqūla Al-'Insu Wa Al-Jinnu `Alá Al-Lahi Kadhibāan | 072-005* We thought that no human being nor any sprite would ever tell a lie about God!' | وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ تَقُولَ الإِنسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبا ً |
| Wa 'Annahu Kāna Rijālun Mina Al-'Insi Ya`ūdhūna Birijālin Mina Al-Jinni Fazādūhum Rahaqāan | 072-006* "Once human men used to take refuge with men from the sprites and it made them even more pretentious. | وَأَنَّه ُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقا ً |
| Wa 'Annahum Žannū Kamā Žanantum 'An Lan Yab`atha Al-Lahu 'Aĥadāan | 072-007* They thought, just as you have supposed, that God will never send anyone up again. | وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَنْ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللَّهُ أَحَدا ً |
| Wa 'Annā Lamasnā As-Samā'a Fawajadnāhā Muli'at Ĥarasāan Shadīdāan Wa Shuhubāan | 072-008* "We reached out for Heaven and found it staffed with stern guards and shooting stars. | وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا السَّمَاءَ فَوَجَدْنَاهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسا ً شَدِيدا ً وَشُهُبا ً |
| Wa 'Annā Kunnā Naq`udu Minhā Maqā`ida Lilssam`i ۖ Faman Yastami`i Al-'Āna Yajid Lahu Shihābāan Raşadāan | 072-009* We used to squat in some of its seats to listen, though anyone who eavesdrops now finds a shooting star lurking there for him. | وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَاعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ ۖ فَمَنْ يَسْتَمِعِ الآنَ يَجِدْ لَه ُ شِهَابا ً رَصَدا ً |
| Wa 'Annā Lā Nadrī 'Asharrun 'Urīda Biman Fī Al-'Arđi 'Am 'Arāda Bihim Rabbuhum Rashadāan | 072-010* We do not know whether evil is intended for anyone on earth, or their Lord wants integrity for them. | وَأَنَّا لاَ نَدْرِي أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ أَمْ أَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَدا ً |
| Wa 'Annā Minnā Aş-Şāliĥūna Wa Minnā Dūna Dhālika ۖ Kunnā Ţarā'iqa Qidadāan | 072-011* Some of us are honorable while others of us are quite the opposite of that: we [travel] along such diverse routes. | وَأَنَّا مِنَّا الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَلِكَ ۖ كُنَّا طَرَائِقَ قِدَدا ً |
| Wa 'Annā Žanannā 'An Lan Nu`jiza Al-Laha Fī Al-'Arđi Wa Lan Nu`jizahu Harabāan | 072-012* "We supposed we would never escape God on earth, and we shall never escape Him by fleeing. | وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ نُعجِزَ اللَّهَ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلَنْ نُعْجِزَه ُ هَرَبا ً |
| Wa 'Annā Lammā Sami`nā Al-Hudá 'Āmannā Bihi ۖ Faman Yu'umin Birabbihi Falā Yakhāfu Bakhsāan Wa Lā Rahaqāan | 072-013* When we heard about guidance, we trusted it. Anyone who trusts in his Lord needs not fear about being undersold nor caught short. | وَأَنَّا لَمَّا سَمِعْنَا الْهُدَى آمَنَّا بِه ِِ ۖ فَمَنْ يُؤْمِنْ بِرَبِّه ِِ فَلاَ يَخَافُ بَخْسا ً وَلاَ رَهَقا ً |
| Wa 'Annā Minnā Al-Muslimūna Wa Minnā Al-Qāsiţūna ۖ Faman 'Aslama Fa'ūlā'ika Taĥarraw Rashadāan | 072-014* Some of us are Muslims while others of us are [still] holding back. Those who have committed themselves to (live in) peace are dedicated to integrity; | وَأَنَّا مِنَّا الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَمِنَّا الْقَاسِطُونَ ۖ فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ فَأُوْلَائِكَ تَحَرَّوْا رَشَدا ً |
| Wa 'Ammā Al-Qāsiţūna Fakānū Lijahannama Ĥaţabāan | 072-015* while those who hold back will become kindling for Hell." Association Forbidden | وَأَمَّا الْقَاسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبا ً |
| Wa 'Allawi Astaqāmū `Alá Aţ-Ţarīqati L'asqaynāhum Mā'an Ghadaqāan | 072-016* If they would only keep straight along the highway, We will let them drink plenty of water | وَأَلَّوِ اسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ لأَسْقَيْنَاهُمْ مَاءً غَدَقا ً |
| Linaftinahum Fīhi ۚ Wa Man Yu`riđ `An Dhikri Rabbihi Yasluk/hu `Adhābāan Şa`adāan | 072-017* so We may test them by means of it; while it will lead anyone away to mounting torment who avoids mentioning his Lord. | لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيه ِِ ۚ وَمَنْ يُعْرِضْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّه ِِ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابا ً صَعَدا ً |
| Wa 'Anna Al-Masājida Lillahi Falā Tad`ū Ma`a Al-Lahi 'Aĥadāan | 072-018* Mosques belong to God, so do not appeal to anyone besides God (in them). | وَأَنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلاَ تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدا ً |
| Wa 'Annahu Lammā Qāma `Abdu Al-Lahi Yad`ūhu Kādū Yakūnūna `Alayhi Libadāan | 072-019* Yet whenever God's servant stood up to appeal to Him, they almost crowded in upon him! (II) | وَأَنَّه ُ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَدْعُوه ُ كَادُوا يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدا ً |
| Qul 'Innamā 'Ad`ū Rabbī Wa Lā 'Ushriku Bihi 'Aĥadāan | 072-020* SAY: "I appeal only to my Lord and never associate anyone else [in my worship of] Him." | قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَدْعُو رَبِّي وَلاَ أُشْرِكُ بِهِ أَحَدا ً |
| Qul 'Innī Lā 'Amliku Lakum Đarrāan Wa Lā Rashadāan | 072-021* SAY: "I do not control any harm for you nor any integrity." | قُلْ إِنِّي لاَ أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرّا ً وَلاَ رَشَدا ً |
| Qul 'Innī Lan Yujīranī Mina Al-Lahi 'Aĥadun Wa Lan 'Ajida Min Dūnihi Multaĥadāan | 072-022* SAY: "No one grants protection from God nor will I ever find any sanctuary besides that in Him | قُلْ إِنِّي لَنْ يُجِيرَنِي مِنَ اللَّهِ أَحَدٌ وَلَنْ أَجِدَ مِنْ دُونِه ِِ مُلْتَحَدا ً |
| 'Illā Balāghāan Mina Al-Lahi Wa Risālātihi ۚ Wa Man Ya`şi Al-Laha Wa Rasūlahu Fa'inna Lahu Nāra Jahannama Khālidīna Fīhā 'Abadāan | 072-023* except through a decree from God, and in His message. Anyone who defies God and His messenger will have Hell fire to live in for ever | إِلاَّ بَلاَغا ً مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرِسَالاَتِه ِِ ۚ وَمَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَه ُ فَإِنَّ لَه ُ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدا ً |
| Ĥattá 'Idhā Ra'aw Mā Yū`adūna Fasaya`lamūna Man 'Ađ`afu Nāşirāan Wa 'Aqallu `Adadāan | 072-024* until once they see what they have been promised, they will realize who has the weakest supporter and are fewest in numbers." | حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَوْا مَا يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ نَاصِرا ً وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدا ً |
| Qul 'In 'Adrī 'Aqarībun Mā Tū`adūna 'Am Yaj`alu Lahu Rabbī 'Amadāan | 072-025* SAY: "If I only knew whether what you are promised is near, or whether my Lord has set a grace period for it; | قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ مَا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَه ُ رَبِّي أَمَدا ً |
| `Ālimu Al-Ghaybi Falā Yužhiru `Alá Ghaybihi 'Aĥadāan | 072-026* Knowing the Unseen, He never discloses his Unseen [secrets] to anyone | عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلاَ يُظْهِرُ عَلَى غَيْبِهِ أَحَدا ً |
| 'Illā Mani Artađá Min Rasūlin Fa'innahu Yasluku Min Bayni Yadayhi Wa Min Khalfihi Raşadāan | 072-027* except for some messenger whom He approves of. He leads him off with an escort both before him and behind him | إِلاَّ مَنِ ارْتَضَى مِنْ رَسُول ٍ فَإِنَّه ُ يَسْلُكُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِه ِِ رَصَدا ً |
| Liya`lama 'An Qad 'Ablaghū Risālāti Rabbihim Wa 'Aĥāţa Bimā Ladayhim Wa 'Aĥşá Kulla Shay'in `Adadāan | 072-028* so He may know that they have delivered their Lord's messages. He embraces anything that lies in their prescnce, and calculates everything by means of numbers." | لِيَعْلَمَ أَنْ قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا رِسَالاَتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَأَحْصَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَدَدا ً |