72:1  Say thou: it hath been revealed Unto me that a company of the Jinn listened, and said, verily we have listened to a Recitation wondrous

72:2  Guiding Unto rectitude; wherefore we have believed therein, and we shall by no means associate with our Lord anyone

72:3  And He - exalted be the majesty of our Lord!-hath taken neither a spouse nor a son

72:4  And the foolish among us were wont to forge lie against Allah exceedingly

72:5  And verily we! we had imagined that humankind and Jinn would never forge against Allah a lie

72:6  And persons among humankind have been seeking refuge with persons of the Jinn, so that they increased them in evil disposition

72:7  And indeed they imagined, even as ye imagined, that Allah will not raise any one

72:8  And we sought to reach the heaven; then we found it filled with a strong guard and darting meteors

72:9  And we were wont to sit on seats therein to listen; but whosoever listeneth now findeth for him a dartin meteor in wait

72:10  And we know not whether evil is boded for those who are on the earth, or whether their Lord intendeth for them a right direction

72:11  And of us there are some righteous, and of us are some otherwise; we have been following very diverse

72:12  And we known that we cannot frustrate Allah in the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight

72:13  And when we heard the Message of guidance, we believed therein; and whosoever believeth in his Lord, he shall fear neither diminution nor wrong

72:14  And of us some are Muslims, and of us some are deviators. Then whosoever hath embraced Islam - such have endeavoured after a Path of rectitude

72:15  And as for the deviators, for Hell they shall be fuel

72:16  And had they kept to the path surely We would have watered them with rain plenteous

72:17  That We might try them there by. And whosoever turneth aside from the remembrance of his Lord, him He shall thrust into a torment vehement

72:18  And the prostrations are for Allah; wherefore call not along with Allah anyone

72:19  And when the bondman of Allah stood calling upon Him, they well nigh pressed on him stifling

72:20  Say thou: I simply call upon Allah, and I associate not with Him any-one

72:21  Say thou: 'verily own not for you power of hurt nor of benefi

72:22  Say thou: 'verily none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find beside Him any refuge

72:23  Mine is but the publishing from Allah and His messages; and whosoever disobeyeth Allah and His apostle, his portion verily is the Hell-Fire as abiders therein for evermore

72:24  They shall go on denying until they; behold that which they are promised wherefore then they shall know who were weaker in protectors and fewer in number

72:25  Say thou: know not whather that which ye are promised is nigh, or whether my Lord hath appointed for it a distant term

72:26  He is the Knower of the unseen, and He discloseth not His unseen Unto anyone

72:27  Save Unto an apostle chosen. And then He causeth to go before him and behind him a guard

72:28  That He may know that they have preached the message of their Lord. And He comprehendeth whatever is with them, and He keepeth count of everything numbered