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1. Qul oohiya ilayya annahu istamaAAa nafarun mina aljinni faqaloo inna samiAAna qur-anan AAajaban
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. Yahdee ila alrrushdi faamanna bihi walan nushrika birabbina ahadan
2. 'It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: we shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord.
3. Waannahu taAAala jaddu rabbina ma ittakhatha sahibatan wala waladan
3. 'And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son.
4. Waannahu kana yaqoolu safeehuna AAala Allahi shatatan
4. 'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against Allah.
5. Waanna thananna an lan taqoola al-insu waaljinnu AAala Allahi kathiban
5. 'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue against Allah.
6. Waannahu kana rijalun mina al-insi yaAAoothoona birijalin mina aljinni fazadoohum rahaqan
6. 'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly.
7. Waannahum thannoo kama thanantum an lan yabAAatha Allahu ahadan
7. 'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise up any one (to Judgment).
8. Waanna lamasna alssamaa fawajadnaha muli-at harasan shadeedan washuhuban
8. 'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.
9. Waanna kunna naqAAudu minha maqaAAida lilssamAAi faman yastamiAAi al-ana yajid lahu shihaban rasadan
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. Waanna la nadree asharrun oreeda biman fee al-ardi am arada bihim rabbuhum rashadan
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. Waanna minna alssalihoona waminna doona thalika kunna tara-iqa qidadan
11. 'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths.
12. Wanna thananna an lan nuAAjiza Allaha fee al-ardi walan nuAAjizahu haraban
12. 'But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.
13. Waanna lamma samiAAna alhuda amanna bihi faman yu/min birabbihi fala yakhafu bakhsan wala rahaqan
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. Waanna minna almuslimoona waminna alqasitoona faman aslama faola-ika taharraw rashadan
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. Waama alqasitoona fakanoo lijahannama hataban
15. 'But those who swerve,- they are (but) fuel for Hell-fire'-
16. Waallawi istaqamoo AAala alttareeqati laasqaynahum maan ghadaqan
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. Linaftinahum feehi waman yuAArid AAan thikri rabbihi yasluk-hu AAathaban saAAadan
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. Waanna almasajida lillahi fala tadAAoo maAAa Allahi ahadan
18. "And the places of worship are for Allah (alone): So invoke not any one along with Allah.
19. Waannahu lamma qama AAabdu Allahi yadAAoohu kadoo yakoonoona AAalayhi libadan
19. "Yet when the Devotee of Allah stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd."