Surah Al-Jinn (The Jinn) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. قل أوحي إلي أنه استمع نفر من الجن فقالوا إنا سمعنا قرآنا عجبا

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   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,

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

2. يهدي إلى الرشد فآمنا به ولن نشرك بربنا أحدا

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

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

3. وأنه تعالى جد ربنا ما اتخذ صاحبة ولا ولدا

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

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

4. وأنه كان يقول سفيهنا على الله شططا

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

   wa-ʾannahū kāna yaqūlu safīhunā ʿalā llāhi shaṭaṭan

5. وأنا ظننا أن لن تقول الإنس والجن على الله كذبا

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

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

6. وأنه كان رجال من الإنس يعوذون برجال من الجن فزادوهم رهقا

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

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

7. وأنهم ظنوا كما ظننتم أن لن يبعث الله أحدا

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

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

8. وأنا لمسنا السماء فوجدناها ملئت حرسا شديدا وشهبا

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

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

9. وأنا كنا نقعد منها مقاعد للسمع فمن يستمع الآن يجد له شهابا رصدا

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

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

10. وأنا لا ندري أشر أريد بمن في الأرض أم أراد بهم ربهم رشدا

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

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

11. وأنا منا الصالحون ومنا دون ذلك كنا طرائق قددا

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

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

12. وأنا ظننا أن لن نعجز الله في الأرض ولن نعجزه هربا

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

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

13. وأنا لما سمعنا الهدى آمنا به فمن يؤمن بربه فلا يخاف بخسا ولا رهقا

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

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