Surah Al-Jinn

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 72:1 ▶

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

   qul 'ūḥiya 'ilayya 'annahu stamaʿa nafarum mina l-jinni faqālū 'innā samiʿnā qur'ānan ʿajabā

   Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].

2. 72:2 ▶

   يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلرُّشْدِ فَـَٔامَنَّا بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَن نُّشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَآ أَحَدًا ﴿٢﴾

   yahdī 'ila r-rushdi fa'āmannā bih | walan nushrika birabbinā 'aḥadā

   It guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone.

3. 72:3 ▶

   وَأَنَّهُۥ تَعَـٰلَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَـٰحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا ﴿٣﴾

   wa'annahū taʿālā jaddu rabbinā ma ttakhadha ṣāḥibataw walā waladā

   And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son

4. 72:4 ▶

   وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطًا ﴿٤﴾

   wa'annahū kāna yaqūlu safīhunā ʿala llāhi shaṭaṭā

   And that our foolish one [i.e., Iblees] has been saying about Allāh an excessive transgression.

   A plural form may also be understood, i.e., "the foolish ones among us."

5. 72:5 ▶

   وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا ﴿٥﴾

   wa'annā ẓanannā 'al lan taqūla l-insu wal-jinnu ʿala llāhi kadhibā

   And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allāh a lie.

6. 72:6 ▶

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

   wa'annahū kāna rijālum mina l-insi yaʿūdhūna birijālim mina l-jinni fazādūhum rahaqā

   And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden [i.e., sin].

7. 72:7 ▶

   وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا۟ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن لَّن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدًا ﴿٧﴾

   wa'annahum ẓannū kamā ẓanantum 'al lay yabʿatha llāhu 'aḥadā

   And they had thought, as you thought, that Allāh would never send anyone [as a messenger].

8. 72:8 ▶

   وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَـٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا ﴿٨﴾

   wa'annā lamasna s-samā'a fawajadnāhā muli'at ḥarasan shadīdaw washuhubā

   And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.

9. 72:9 ▶

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

   wa'annā kunnā naqʿudu minhā maqāʿida lis-samʿ | famay yastamiʿi l-āna yajid lahū shihābar raṣadā

   And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing, but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.

   Before the prophethood of Muḥammad (ﷺ) the jinn used to collect information by eavesdropping on the angels and then pass it on to fortunetellers and soothsayers.

10. 72:10 ▶

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

    wa'annā lā nadrī 'asharrun 'urīda biman fi l-arḍi 'am 'arāda bihim rabbuhum rashadā

    And we do not know [therefore] whether evil is intended for those on earth or whether their Lord intends for them a right course.

11. 72:11 ▶

    وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدًا ﴿١١﴾

    wa'annā minna ṣ-ṣāliḥūna waminnā dūna dhālik | kunnā ṭarā'iqa qidadā

    And among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.

    In opinion, belief and religious practice.

12. 72:12 ▶

    وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعْجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَن نُّعْجِزَهُۥ هَرَبًا ﴿١٢﴾

    wa'annā ẓanannā 'al lan nuʿjiza llāha fi l-arḍi walan nuʿjizahū harabā

    And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allāh upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.

13. 72:13 ▶

    وَأَنَّا لَمَّا سَمِعْنَا ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ ۖ فَمَن يُؤْمِنۢ بِرَبِّهِۦ فَلَا يَخَافُ بَخْسًا وَلَا رَهَقًا ﴿١٣﴾

    wa'annā lammā samiʿna l-hudā 'āmannā bih | famay yu'mim birabbihī falā yakhāfu bakhsaw walā rahaqā

    And when we heard the guidance [i.e., the Qur’ān], we believed in it. And whoever believes in his Lord will not fear deprivation or burden.

    In regard to his account in the Hereafter. Nothing of his good will be diminished, nor will the evil of another be placed upon him.

14. 72:14 ▶

    وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلْمُسْلِمُونَ وَمِنَّا ٱلْقَـٰسِطُونَ ۖ فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ تَحَرَّوْا۟ رَشَدًا ﴿١٤﴾

    wa'annā minna l-muslimūna waminna l-qāsiṭūn | faman 'aslama fa'ulā'ika taḥarraw rashadā

    And among us are Muslims [in submission to Allāh], and among us are the unjust. And whoever has become Muslim - those have sought out the right course.

    i.e., those who deviate from the truth and act tyrannically.

15. 72:15 ▶

    وَأَمَّا ٱلْقَـٰسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا۟ لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًا ﴿١٥﴾

    wa'amma l-qāsiṭūna fakānū lijahannama ḥaṭabā

    But as for the unjust, they will be, for Hell, firewood.'

16. 72:16 ▶

    وَأَلَّوِ ٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَـٰهُم مَّآءً غَدَقًا ﴿١٦﴾

    wa'allawi staqāmū ʿala ṭ-ṭarīqati la'asqaynāhum mā'an ghadaqā

    And [Allāh revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant rain [i.e., provision]

17. 72:17 ▶

    لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن يُعْرِضْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِۦ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًا صَعَدًا ﴿١٧﴾

    linaftinahum fīh | wamay yuʿriḍ ʿan dhikri rabbihī yasluk-hu ʿadhāban ṣaʿadā

    So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord He will put into arduous punishment.

    i.e., refuses obedience to Him.

18. 72:18 ▶

    وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًا ﴿١٨﴾

    wa'anna l-masājida lillāhi falā tadʿū maʿa llāhi 'aḥadā

    And [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allāh, so do not invoke with Allāh anyone.

    The term "masjid" here includes every place of worship or the earth in general.

    Or "worship."

19. 72:19 ▶

    وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًا ﴿١٩﴾

    wa'annahū lammā qāma ʿabdu llāhi yadʿūhu kādū yakūnūna ʿalayhi libadā

    And that when the Servant [i.e., Prophet] of Allāh stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."

    Crowding on top of each other in the manner of locusts in order to hear him (ﷺ). "They" may refer to the jinn or to the disbelievers among the Arabs.

20. 72:20 ▶

    قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا ﴿٢٠﴾

    qul 'innamā 'adʿū rabbī walā 'ushriku bihī 'aḥadā

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "I only invoke my Lord and do not associate with Him anyone."

21. 72:21 ▶

    قُلْ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا رَشَدًا ﴿٢١﴾

    qul 'innī lā 'amliku lakum ḍarraw walā rashadā

    Say, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."

22. 72:22 ▶

    قُلْ إِنِّى لَن يُجِيرَنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدٌ وَلَنْ أَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلْتَحَدًا ﴿٢٢﴾

    qul 'innī lay yujīranī mina llāhi 'aḥaduw walan 'ajida min dūnihī multaḥadā

    Say, "Indeed, there will never protect me from Allāh anyone [if I should disobey], nor will I find in other than Him a refuge.

23. 72:23 ▶

    إِلَّا بَلَـٰغًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِسَـٰلَـٰتِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ﴿٢٣﴾

    illā balāgham mina llāhi warisālātih | wamay yaʿṣi llāha warasūlahū fa'inna lahū nāra jahannama khālidīna fīhā 'abadā

    But [I have for you] only notification from Allāh, and His messages." And whoever disobeys Allāh and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell; they will abide therein forever.

24. 72:24 ▶

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوْا۟ مَا يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ نَاصِرًا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدًا ﴿٢٤﴾

    ḥattā 'idhā ra'aw mā yūʿadūna fasayaʿlamūna man 'aḍʿafu nāṣiraw wa'aqallu ʿadadā

    [The disbelievers continue] until, when they see that which they are promised, then they will know who is weaker in helpers and less in number.

25. 72:25 ▶

    قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَمَدًا ﴿٢٥﴾

    qul 'in 'adrī 'aqarībum mā tūʿadūna 'am yajʿalu lahū rabbī 'amadā

    Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."

26. 72:26 ▶

    عَـٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا ﴿٢٦﴾

    ʿālimu l-ghaybi falā yuẓhiru ʿalā ghaybihī 'aḥadā

    [He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone

27. 72:27 ▶

    إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسْلُكُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ رَصَدًا ﴿٢٧﴾

    illā mani rtaḍā mir rasūlin fa'innahū yasluku mim bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihī raṣadā

    Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before him [i.e., each messenger] and behind him observers

    Guardian angels to protect the messenger and the message.

28. 72:28 ▶

    لِّيَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا۟ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَأَحْصَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عَدَدًۢا ﴿٢٨﴾

    liyaʿlama 'an qad 'ablaghū risālāti rabbihim wa'aḥāṭa bimā ladayhim wa'aḥṣā kulla shay'in ʿadadā

    That he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] may know that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number.

    This phrase may also be read: "So He [i.e., Allāh] may make evident."

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.