الجن

قُلْ أُوحِىَ إِلَىَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْءَانًا عَجَبًا ١

Qul ūḥiya ilayya annahu is'tamaʿa nafarun mina l-jini faqālū innā samiʿ'nā qur'ānan ʿajaban

Say [Prophet], ‘It has been revealed to me that a group of jinn once listened in and said, “We have heard a wondrous Quran,

يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلرُّشْدِ فَـَٔامَنَّا بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَن نُّشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَآ أَحَدًا ٢

Yahdī ilā l-rush'di faāmannā bihi walan nush'rika birabbinā aḥadan

That gives guidance to the right path, and we have come to believe it––We shall never set up partners with our Lord––

وَأَنَّهُۥ تَعَـٰلَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَـٰحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا ٣

Wa-annahu taʿālā jaddu rabbinā mā ittakhadha ṣāḥibatan walā waladan

And that He––exalted be the glory of our Lord!––has neither spouse nor child.

وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطًا ٤

Wa-annahu kāna yaqūlu safīhunā ʿalā l-lahi shaṭaṭan

Outrageous things have been said about God by the foolish among us,

وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا ٥

Wa-annā ẓanannā an lan taqūla l-insu wal-jinu ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban

Although we had thought that no man or jinn would [dare to] tell a lie about Him.

وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا ٦

Wa-annahu kāna rijālun mina l-insi yaʿūdhūna birijālin mina l-jini fazādūhum rahaqan

Men have sought refuge with the jinn in the past, but they only misguided them further.

وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا۟ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن لَّن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدًا ٧

Wa-annahum ẓannū kamā ẓanantum an lan yabʿatha l-lahu aḥadan

They thought, as you did, that God would never raise anyone from the dead.

وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَـٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا ٨

Wa-annā lamasnā l-samāa fawajadnāhā muli-at ḥarasan shadīdan washuhuban

We tried to reach heaven, but discovered it to be full of stern guards and shooting stars––

وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَـٰعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ ۖ فَمَن يَسْتَمِعِ ٱلْـَٔانَ يَجِدْ لَهُۥ شِهَابًا رَّصَدًا ٩

Wa-annā kunnā naqʿudu min'hā maqāʿida lilssamʿi faman yastamiʿi l-āna yajid lahu shihāban raṣadan

We used to sit in places there, listening, but anyone trying to listen now will find a shooting star lying in wait for him––

وَأَنَّا لَا نَدْرِىٓ أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ أَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَدًا ١٠

Wa-annā lā nadrī asharrun urīda biman fī l-arḍi am arāda bihim rabbuhum rashadan

[so now] we do not know whether those who live on earth are due for misfortune, or whether their Lord intends to guide them.