Surah Al-Jinn (The Jinn) in English

1. وأنا منا المسلمون ومنا القاسطون فمن أسلم فأولئك تحروا رشدا

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

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

2. وأما القاسطون فكانوا لجهنم حطبا

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

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

3. وأن لو استقاموا على الطريقة لأسقيناهم ماء غدقا

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

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

4. لنفتنهم فيه ومن يعرض عن ذكر ربه يسلكه عذابا صعدا

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   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.

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

5. وأن المساجد لله فلا تدعوا مع الله أحدا

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

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

6. وأنه لما قام عبد الله يدعوه كادوا يكونون عليه لبدا

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

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

7. قل إنما أدعو ربي ولا أشرك به أحدا

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

   qul ʾinnamā ʾadʿū rabbī wa-lā ʾushriku bihī ʾaḥadan

8. قل إني لا أملك لكم ضرا ولا رشدا

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

   qul ʾinnī lā ʾamliku lakum ḍarran wa-lā rashadan

9. قل إني لن يجيرني من الله أحد ولن أجد من دونه ملتحدا

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

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

10. إلا بلاغا من الله ورسالاته ومن يعص الله ورسوله فإن له نار جهنم خالدين فيها أبدا

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    [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.’

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

11. حتى إذا رأوا ما يوعدون فسيعلمون من أضعف ناصرا وأقل عددا

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

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

12. قل إن أدري أقريب ما توعدون أم يجعل له ربي أمدا

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

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

13. عالم الغيب فلا يظهر على غيبه أحدا

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

    ʿālimu l-ghaybi fa-lā yuẓhiru ʿalā ghaybihī ʾaḥadan

14. إلا من ارتضى من رسول فإنه يسلك من بين يديه ومن خلفه رصدا

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

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

15. ليعلم أن قد أبلغوا رسالات ربهم وأحاط بما لديهم وأحصى كل شيء عددا

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    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.

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