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qul ʾūḥiya ʾilayya ʾannahu stamaʿa nafarun mina l-jinni fa-qālū ʾinnā samiʿnā qurʾānan ʿajaban

Say, ‘It has been revealed to me that a team of the jinn listened [to the Quran] and they said, “Indeed we heard a wonderful Quran,

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yahdī ʾilā r-rushdi fa-ʾāmannā bihī wa-lan nushrika bi-rabbinā ʾaḥadan

which guides to rectitude. Hence, we have believed in it and we will never ascribe any partner to our Lord.

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wa-ʾannahū taʿālā jaddu rabbinā mā ttakhadha ṣāḥibatan wa-lā waladan

Exalted be the majesty of our Lord; He has taken neither any spouse nor son.

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wa-ʾannahū kāna yaqūlu safīhunā ʿalā llāhi shaṭaṭan

The foolish ones among us used to speak atrocious lies concerning Allah.

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wa-ʾannā ẓanannā ʾan lan taqūla l-ʾinsu wa-l-jinnu ʿalā llāhi kadhiban

We thought that humans and jinn would never utter any falsehood concerning Allah.

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wa-ʾannahū kāna rijālun mina l-ʾinsi yaʿūdhūna bi-rijālin mina l-jinni fa-zādūhum rahaqan

Indeed some persons from the humans would seek the protection of some persons from the jinn, thus only adding to their rebellion.

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wa-ʾannahum ẓannū ka-mā ẓanantum ʾan lan yabʿatha llāhu ʾaḥadan

They thought, just as you think, that Allah will not raise anyone from the dead.

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wa-ʾannā lamasnā s-samāʾa fa-wajadnāhā muliʾat ḥarasan shadīdan wa-shuhuban

Indeed we made for the heaven and found it full of mighty sentries and flames.

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wa-ʾannā kunnā naqʿudu minhā maqāʿida li-s-samʿi fa-man yastamiʿi l-ʾāna yajid lahū shihāban raṣadan

We used to sit in its positions to eavesdrop, but anyone listening now finds a flame waiting for him.

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wa-ʾannā lā nadrī ʾa-sharrun ʾurīda bi-man fī l-ʾarḍi ʾam ʾarāda bihim rabbuhum rashadan

We do not know whether ill is intended for those who are on the earth, or whether their Lord intends good for them.

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wa-ʾannā minnā ṣ-ṣāliḥūna wa-minnā dūna dhālika kunnā ṭarāʾiqa qidadan

Among us some are righteous and some are otherwise: we are various sects.

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wa-ʾannā ẓanannā ʾan lan nuʿjiza llāha fī l-ʾarḍi wa-lan nuʿjizahū haraban

We know that we cannot frustrate Allah on the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by fleeing.

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wa-ʾannā lammā samiʿnā l-hudā ʾāmannā bihī fa-man yuʾmin bi-rabbihī fa-lā yakhāfu bakhsan wa-lā rahaqan

When we heard the [message of] guidance, we believed in it. Whoever that has faith in his Lord will fear neither privation nor oppression.

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wa-ʾannā minnā l-muslimūna wa-minnā l-qāsiṭūna fa-man ʾaslama fa-ʾulāʾika taḥarraw rashadan

Among us some are Muslims and some of us are perverse.” ’ Those who submit [to Allah]—it is they who pursue rectitude.

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wa-ʾammā l-qāsiṭūna fa-kānū li-jahannama ḥaṭaban

As for the perverse, they will be firewood for hell.

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wa-ʾallawi staqāmū ʿalā ṭ-ṭarīqati la-ʾasqaynāhum māʾan ghadaqan

If they are steadfast on the path [of Allah], We shall provide them with abundant water,

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li-naftinahum fīhi wa-man yuʿriḍ ʿan dhikri rabbihī yaslukhu ʿadhāban ṣaʿadan

so that We may test them therein, and whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will let him into an escalating punishment.

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wa-ʾanna l-masājida li-llāhi fa-lā tadʿū maʿa llāhi ʾaḥadan

The places of worship belong to Allah, so do not invoke anyone along with Allah.

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wa-ʾannahū lammā qāma ʿabdu llāhi yadʿūhu kādū yakūnūna ʿalayhi libadan

When the servant of Allah rose to pray to Him, they almost crowded around him.

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qul ʾinnamā ʾadʿū rabbī wa-lā ʾushriku bihī ʾaḥadan

Say, ‘I pray only to my Lord, and I do not ascribe any partner to Him.’

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qul ʾinnī lā ʾamliku lakum ḍarran wa-lā rashadan

Say, ‘I have no power to bring you any harm or good [of my own accord].’

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qul ʾinnī lan yujīranī mina llāhi ʾaḥadun wa-lan ʾajida min dūnihī multaḥadan

Say, ‘Neither can anyone shelter me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge besides Him.

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ʾillā balāghan mina llāhi wa-risālātihī wa-man yaʿṣi llāha wa-rasūlahū fa-ʾinna lahū nāra jahannama khālidīna fīhā ʾabadan

[I have no duty] except to transmit from Allah, and [to communicate] His messages; and whoever disobeys Allah and His apostle, there will indeed be for him the fire of hell, to remain in it forever.’

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ḥattā ʾidhā raʾaw mā yūʿadūna fa-sa-yaʿlamūna man ʾaḍʿafu nāṣiran wa-ʾaqallu ʿadadan

When they see what they are promised, they will know who is weaker in supporters and fewer in numbers.

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qul ʾin ʾadrī ʾa-qarībun mā tūʿadūna ʾam yajʿalu lahū rabbī ʾamadan

Say, ‘I do not know if what you are promised is near, or if my Lord has set a [long] term for it.’

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ʿālimu l-ghaybi fa-lā yuẓhiru ʿalā ghaybihī ʾaḥadan

Knower of the Unseen, He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] Unseen to anyone,

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ʾillā mani rtaḍā min rasūlin fa-ʾinnahū yasluku min bayni yadayhi wa-min khalfihī raṣadan

except to an apostle He approves of. Then He dispatches a sentinel before and behind him

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li-yaʿlama ʾan qad ʾablaghū risālāti rabbihim wa-ʾaḥāṭa bi-mā ladayhim wa-ʾaḥṣā kulla shayʾin ʿadadan

so that He may ascertain that they have communicated the messages of their Lord, and He encompasses all that is with them, and He keeps an count of all things.

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