Quran: [17:36] "You shall not accept any information, unless you verify it for yourself. I have given you the hearing, the eyesight, and the brain, and you are responsible for using them."
Quran: [49:12] "O ye who believe! Avoid suspicion as much (as possible): for suspicion in some cases is a sin: And spy not on each other behind their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, ye would abhor it...But fear Allah. For Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful."
Surat Al-Jinn (The Jinn) - سورة الجن
Surah 72. Al-Jinn Translations of the Qur'an. Chapter 72: AL-JINN (THE JINN, JINNS). Total Verses: 28. Revealed At: MAKKA. Order in which revealed: 40.
Regarding Transliteration of this Surah
Translations
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Translations
72:1 (Y. Ali) 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 (Picktall) Say (O Muhammad): It is revealed unto me that a company of the Jinn gave ear, and they said: Lo! it is a marvellous Qur'an,
Translations
72:2 (Y. Ali) 'It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: we shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord.
72:2 (Picktall) Which guideth unto righteousness, so we believe in it and we ascribe unto our Lord no partner.
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72:3 (Y. Ali) 'And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son.
72:3 (Picktall) And (we believe) that He--exalted be the glory of our Lord!--hath taken neither wife nor son,
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72:4 (Y. Ali) 'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against Allah.
72:4 (Picktall) And that the foolish one among us used to speak concerning Allah an atrocious lie.
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72:5 (Y. Ali) 'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue against Allah.
72:5 (Picktall) And lo! we had supposed that humankind and jinn would not speak a lie concerning Allah--
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72:6 (Y. Ali) 'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly.
72:6 (Picktall) And indeed (O Muhammad) individuals of humankind used to invoke the protection of individuals of the jinn so that they increased them in revolt (against Allah);
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72:7 (Y. Ali) 'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise up any one (to Judgment).
72:7 (Picktall) And indeed they supposed, even as ye suppose, that Allah would not raise anyone (from the dead)
Translations
72:8 (Y. Ali) 'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.
72:8 (Picktall) And (the Jinn who had listened to the Qur'an said): We had sought the heaven but had found it filled with strong warders and meteors.
Translations
72:9 (Y. Ali) '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 (Picktall) And we used to sit on places (high) therein to listen. But he who listened now findeth a flame in wait for him;
Translations
72:10 (Y. Ali) '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 (Picktall) And we know not whether harm is boded unto all who are in the earth, or whether their Lord intendeth guidance for them;
Translations
72:11 (Y. Ali) 'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths.
72:11 (Picktall) And among us there are righteous folk and among us there are far from that. We are sects having different rules.
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72:12 (Y. Ali) 'But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.
72:12 (Picktall) And we know that we cannot escape from Allah in the earth, nor can we escape by flight.
Translations
72:13 (Y. Ali) '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 (Picktall) And when we heard the guidance, we believed therein, and whoso believeth in his Lord, he feareth neither loss nor oppression.
Translations
72:14 (Y. Ali) '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:
72:14 (Picktall) And there are among us some who have surrendered (to Allah) and there are among us some who are unjust. And whoso hath surrendered to Allah, such have taken the right path purposefully.
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72:15 (Y. Ali) 'But those who swerve,- they are (but) fuel for Hell-fire'-
72:15 (Picktall) And as for those who are unjust, they are firewood for hell.
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72:16 (Y. Ali) (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.
72:16 (Picktall) If they (the idolaters) tread the right path, We shall give them to drink of water in abundance
Translations
72:17 (Y. Ali) "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 (Picktall) That We may test them thereby, and whoso turneth away from the remembrance of his Lord; He will thrust him into ever growing torment.
Translations
72:18 (Y. Ali) "And the places of worship are for Allah (alone): So invoke not any one along with Allah.
72:18 (Picktall) And the places of worship are only for Allah, so pray not unto anyone along with Allah.
Translations
72:19 (Y. Ali) "Yet when the Devotee of Allah stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd."
72:19 (Picktall) And when the slave of Allah stood up in prayer to Him, they crowded on him, almost stifling.
Translations
72:20 (Y. Ali) Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)."
72:20 (Picktall) Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I pray unto Allah only, and ascribe unto Him no partner.
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72:21 (Y. Ali) Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct."
72:21 (Picktall) Say: Lo! I control not hurt nor benefit for you.
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72:22 (Y. Ali) Say: "No one can deliver me from Allah (If I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him,
72:22 (Picktall) Say: Lo! none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge beside Him
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72:23 (Y. Ali) "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."
72:23 (Picktall) (Mine is) but conveyance (of the truth) from Allah, and His messages; and whoso disobeyeth Allah and His messenger, lo! his is fire of hell, wherein such dwell for ever.
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72:24 (Y. Ali) 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 (Picktall) Till (the day) when they shall behold that which they are promised (they may doubt); but then they will know for certain) who is weaker in allies and less in multitude.
Translations
72:25 (Y. Ali) 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 (Picktall) Say (O Muhammad, unto the disbelievers): I know not whether that which ye are promised is nigh, or if my Lord hath set a distant term for it.
Translations
72:26 (Y. Ali) "He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted with His Mysteries,-
72:26 (Picktall) (He is) the knower of the Unseen, and He revealeth unto none His secret,
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72:27 (Y. Ali) "Except an apostle whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind him,
72:27 (Picktall) Save unto every messenger whom he hath chosen, and then He maketh a guard to go before him and a guard behind him
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72:28 (Y. Ali) "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 (Picktall) That He may know that they have indeed conveyed the messages of their Lord. He surroundeth all their doings, and He keepeth count of all things.
