بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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قُلْ أُوحِىَ إِلَىَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْءَانًا عَجَبًا qul ūḥiya ilayya annahus tama`a nafarun minal jinni faqālū innā sami`nā qur-ānan `ajabā SAY: "I HAVE been informed that a number of jinns had listened; then said: 'We have heard the wondrous Qur'an,
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يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلرُّشْدِ فَـَٔامَنَّا بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَن نُّشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَآ أَحَدًا yahdī ilar rushdi fa-āmannā bih ۖ walan nushrika birabbinā aḥadā Which guides to the right path; and we have come to believe in it, and will not associate any one with our Lord.
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وَأَنَّهُۥ تَعَـٰلَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَـٰحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا wa-annahu ta`ālā jaddu rabbinā mat-takhadha ṣāḥibatan walā waladā Exalted is the glory of our Lord; He has neither wife nor son.
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وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطًا wa-annahu kāna yaqūlu safīhunā `alallāhi shaṭaṭā Certainly the foolish among us say preposterous things of God.
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وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا wa-annā ẓanannā an lan taqūlal-insu wal jinnu `alallāhi kadhibā We had in fact thought that men and jinns would never speak a lie about God,
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وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا wa-annahu kāna rijālun minal-insi ya`ūdhūna birijālin minal jinni fazādūhum rahaqā But some men used to seek refuge with some jinns, and this increased their waywardness;
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وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا۟ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن لَّن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدًا wa-annahum ẓannū kamā ẓanantum an lan yab`athallāhu aḥadā So they began to think, even as you do, that God would not resurrect any one.
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وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَـٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا wa-annā lamasnas samā-a fawajadnāhā muli-at ḥarasan shadīdan washuhubā We sought to pry into the secrets of the heavens, but found it full of fierce guards and shooting flames.
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وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَـٰعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ ۖ فَمَن يَسْتَمِعِ ٱلْـَٔانَ يَجِدْ لَهُۥ شِهَابًا رَّصَدًا wa-annā kunnā naq`udu minhā maqā`ida lissam` ۖ faman yastami`il-āna yajid lahu shihāban raṣadā We sat in observatories to listen; but any one who listened found a shooting star in wait for him.
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وَأَنَّا لَا نَدْرِىٓ أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ أَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَدًا wa-annā lā nadrī asharrun urīda biman fil-arḍi am arāda bihim rabbuhum rashadā We do not know if this means ill for the dwellers of the earth, or their Lord wishes guidance for them.
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وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدًا wa-annā minnaṣ ṣāliḥūna wa minnā dūna dhālik ۖ kunnā ṭarā-iqa qidadā For some of us are upright and some otherwise: Surely we follow different ways.
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وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعْجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَن نُّعْجِزَهُۥ هَرَبًا wa-annā ẓanannā an lan nu`jizallāha fil-arḍi walan nu`jizahu harabā We realised that we could not weaken the power of God on earth, nor outpace Him by running away.
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وَأَنَّا لَمَّا سَمِعْنَا ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ ۖ فَمَن يُؤْمِنۢ بِرَبِّهِۦ فَلَا يَخَافُ بَخْسًا وَلَا رَهَقًا wa-annā lammā sami`nal hudā āmannā bih ۖ faman yu-min birabbihi falā yakhāfu bakhsan walā rahaqā So when we heard the guidance we believed in it; and he who believes in his Lord will neither fear loss nor force.
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وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلْمُسْلِمُونَ وَمِنَّا ٱلْقَـٰسِطُونَ ۖ فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ تَحَرَّوْا۟ رَشَدًا wa-annā minnal muslimūna wa minnal qāsiṭūn ۖ faman aslama fa-ulā-ika taḥarraw rashadā Some of us have come to submission, and some of us are iniquitous.'" Those who have submitted have taken the right course;
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وَأَمَّا ٱلْقَـٰسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا۟ لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًا wa-ammal qāsiṭūna fakānū lijahannama ḥaṭabā But those who are iniquitous will be fuel for Hell.
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وَأَلَّوِ ٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَـٰهُم مَّآءً غَدَقًا wa-allawis-taqāmū `alaṭ ṭarīqati la-asqaynāhum mā-an ghadaqā (Say): "If they keep to the right path We shall give them water in abundance to drink
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لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن يُعْرِضْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِۦ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًا صَعَدًا linaftinahum fīh ۚ wa man yu`riḍ `an dhikri rabbihi yasluk-hu `adhāban ṣa`adā In order to try them through it. But whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, will be given increasing torment by Him."
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وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًا wa-annal masājida lillāhi falā tad`ū ma`allāhi aḥadā All places of worship are for God; so do not invoke any one with God.
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وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًا wa-annahu lammā qāma `abdullāhi yad`ūhu kādū yakūnūna `alayhi libadā When the devotee of God stood up to invoke Him (the jinns) crowded upon him (to listen).
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قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا qul innamā ad`ū rabbī walā ushriku bihi aḥadā Say: "I call on my Lord alone and I do not associate any one with Him."
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قُلْ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا رَشَدًا qul innī lā amliku lakum ḍarran walā rashadā Say: "Neither is your loss within my power nor bringing you to guidance."
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قُلْ إِنِّى لَن يُجِيرَنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدٌ وَلَنْ أَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلْتَحَدًا qul innī lan yujīranī minallāhi aḥadun walan ajida min dūnihi multaḥadā Say: "No one can save me from God, nor can I find a place of refuge apart from Him,
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إِلَّا بَلَـٰغًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِسَـٰلَـٰتِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا illā balāghan minallāhi warisālātih ۚ wa man ya`ṣillāha warasūlahu fa-inna lahu nāra jahannama khālidīna fīhā abadā Unless I convey from God and deliver His message." For those who disobey God and His Apostle is the fire of Hell, where they will abide for ever;
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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوْا۟ مَا يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ نَاصِرًا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدًا ḥattā idhā ra-aw mā yū`adūna fasaya`lamūna man aḍ`afu nāṣiran wa-aqallu `adadā Until they see what they are promised, when they will understand who is weaker in aid and poorer in numbers.
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قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَمَدًا qul in adrī aqarībun mā tū`adūna am yaj`alu lahu rabbī amadā Say: "I do not know if what is promised you is near, or if my Lord prolongs its term.
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عَـٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا `ālimul ghaybi falā yuẓhiru `alā ghaybihi aḥadā He is the knower of the Unknown, and He does not divulge His secret to any one
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إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسْلُكُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ رَصَدًا illā manir-taḍā min rasūlin fa-innahu yasluku min bayni yadayhi wa min khalfihi raṣadā Other than an apostle He has chosen, when He makes a sentinel walk in front of him and a sentinel behind,
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لِّيَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا۟ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَأَحْصَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عَدَدًۢا liya`lama an qad ablaghū risālāti rabbihim wa-aḥāṭa bimā ladayhim wa-aḥṣā kulla shay-in `adadā So that He may know if they have delivered their Lord's messages. He comprehends all that has been given them, and keeps count of everything.
