"Audhu billahi minash shaytanirrajeem"

Bismi Llaahi l-raḥmaani l-raḥeem

1. Qul oohiya ilayya annahu istamaAAa nafarun mina aljinni faqaloo inna samiAAna quranan AAajaban;

   Say: “It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened (to the Quran) and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Quran.’”

2. Yahdee ila alrrushdi faamanna bihi walan nushrika birabbina ahadan;

   “It guides to the right course (maturity/perfection), so we have believed in it. And we will never associate partners to our Rabb!”

3. Waannahu taAAala jaddu rabbina ma ittakhatha sahibatan wala waladan;

   “Indeed, exalted is the nobleness of our Rabb; He has not taken a wife or a son!”

4. Waannahu kana yaqoolu safeehuna AAala Allahi shatatan;

   “Our inadequate understanding has been making us claim foolish things about Allah!”

5. Waanna thananna an lan taqoola alinsu waaljinnu AAala Allahi kathiban;

   “We had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak a lie about Allah.”

6. Waannahu kana rijalun mina alinsi yaAAoothoona birijalin mina aljinni fazadoohum rahaqan;

   “And yet there were men and women from mankind who sought refuge in men and women from the jinn, thereby increasing (provoking each other) in excessive (carnal) behavior.”

7. Waannahum thannoo kama thanantum an lan yabAAatha Allahu ahadan;

   “And they had thought, as you thought, that Allah would never resurrect (ba’th) anyone.” (This verse indicates that jinn, like humans, have no proficiency pertaining to life after death/resurrection.)

8. Waanna lamasna alssamaa fawajadnaha muliat harasan shadeedan washuhuban;

   “And we touched the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards (forces) and burning flames (rays that impeded our judgment).”

9. Waanna kunna naqAAudu minha maqaAAida lilssamAAi faman yastamiAAi alana yajid lahu shihaban rasadan;

   “And we used to take up positions therein to listen, but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.”

10. Waanna la nadree asharrun oreeda biman fee alardi am arada bihim rabbuhum rashadan;

    And we do not know whether evil is intended for those on earth (body) or whether their Rabb intends for them a right course (the maturity to observe the reality). (This verse is a clear proof that the jinn have no knowledge of how people will live; how their essential composition of Names will manifest in their lives and what their purpose of manifesting in the sight of Allah is.)

11. Waanna minna alssalihoona waminna doona thalika kunna taraiqa qidadan;

    “And among us are the righteous, and among us are those who are below (the righteous state); we are of various ways (different breeds/species/races; a cosmopolitan community of different make-up and understanding).”

12. Wanna thananna an lan nuAAjiza Allaha fee alardi walan nuAAjizahu haraban;

    “And we have become certain that we can never invalidate Allah’s command upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.”

13. Waanna lamma samiAAna alhuda amanna bihi faman yumin birabbihi fala yakhafu bakhsan wala rahaqan;

    “When we heard the guidance (Quran), we believed it was the reality. And whoever believes in his Rabb as his own reality, will not fear any deprivation (of his rights) or derogation.”

14. Waanna minna almuslimoona waminna alqasitoona faman aslama faolaika taharraw rashadan;

    “And among us are those in submission, and among us are wrongdoers who rebel against the commands. And those who submit are the aspirants of the fullness of the reality.”

15. Waama alqasitoona fakanoo lijahannama hataban;

    “But as for the wrongdoers who disobey the commands, they will be firewood for Hell!”

16. Waallawi istaqamoo AAala alttareeqati laasqaynahum maan ghadaqan;

    If they had walked upon the path (to their reality), surely We would have watered them with the water (of knowledge and gnosis).

17. Linaftinahum feehi waman yuAArid AAan thikri rabbihi yaslukhu AAathaban saAAadan;

    We would have tried them with it, to reveal their true nature. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Rabb, He will subject him to an increasing suffering!

18. Waanna almasajida lillahi fala tadAAoo maAAa Allahi ahadan;

    Indeed, the places of prostration are for Allah. So do not (while in the state of prostration) turn to things besides Allah!

19. Waannahu lamma qama AAabdu Allahi yadAAoohu kadoo yakoonoona AAalayhi libadan;

    Whenever Abdullah (the servant of Allah – Muhammad [saw]) stands to turn to Him, they crowd around and stifle him!

20. Qul innama adAAoo rabbee wala oshriku bihi ahadan;

    Say, “I turn only to (and ask only from) my Rabb! Never will I associate others to He who comprises my essence!”

21. Qul innee la amliku lakum darran wala rashadan;

    Say, “I can neither give you harm nor form the maturity in you to experience the reality (these are things for Allah to manifest through you)!”

22. Qul innee lan yujeeranee mina Allahi ahadun walan ajida min doonihi multahadan;

    Say, “For none can save me from Allah and there is no place of refuge besides Him!”

23. Illa balaghan mina Allahi warisalatihi waman yaAAsi Allaha warasoolahu fainna lahu nara jahannama khalideena feeha abadan;

    Except for what Allah reveals and His risalahs (the knowledge He discloses through His Rasuls)! So, whoever disobeys Allah and His Rasul, for him there is Fire in which he will abide forever!

24. Hatta itha raaw ma yooAAadoona fasayaAAlamoona man adAAafu nasiran waaqallu AAadadan;

    But when they see the thing that they have been promised (death), they will understand who the minority and the helpless are!

25. Qul in adree aqareebun ma tooAAadoona am yajAAalu lahu rabbee amadan;

    Say, “I do not know whether what you have been promised is near or whether my Rabb has set for it a long period.”

26. AAalimu alghaybi fala yuthhiru AAala ghaybihi ahadan;

    He knows the unknown! And He does not disclose His Unknown (Absolute Essence) to anyone;

27. Illa mani irtada min rasoolin fainnahu yasluku min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi rasadan;

    Except for a chosen-purified Rasul! And indeed, He places guards in front and behind him (the Rasul)!

28. LiyaAAlama an qad ablaghoo risalati rabbihim waahata bima ladayhim waahsa kulla shayin AAadadan;

    That they may know that they have conveyed the disclosed knowledge of their Rabb. He has encompassed whatever is with them and recorded everything in detail!