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72:1  Say, 'I have been inspired that there listened a company of the ginn, and they said, "We have heard a marvellous Qur'a
72:2  that guides to the right direction; and we believe therein, and we join no one with our Lord
72:3  for, verily, He - may the majesty of our Lord be exalted!- has taken to Himself neither consort nor son
72:4  '"And, verily, a fool among us spake against God wide of the mark
72:5  "'And we thought that men and ginn would never speak a lie against God
72:6  "'And there are persons amongst men who seek for refuge with persons amongst the ginn; but they increase them in their perverseness
72:7  And they thought, as ye thought, that God would not raise up any one from the dead
72:8  "'But we touched the heavens and found them filled with a mighty guard and shooting-stars
72:9  and we did sit in certain seats thereof to listen; but whoso of us listens now finds a shooting-star for him on guard
72:10  '"And, verily, we know not whether evil be meant for those who are in the earth, or if their Lord means right by them
72:11  '"And of us are some who are pious, and of us are some who are otherwise: we are in separate bands
72:12  '"And we thought that we could not frustrate God in the earth, and could not frustrate Him by flight
72:13  "But, verily, when we heard the guidance we believed therein, and he who believes in his Lord shall fear neither diminution nor loss
72:14  '"And, verily, of us are some who are Muslims, and of us some are trespassers; but those of us who are Muslims they strive after right direction
72:15  and as for the trespassers they are fuel for hell."
72:16  And if they will go right upon the way, we will irrigate them with copious wate
72:17  to try them thereby; and whoso turns from the remembrance of his Lord He will drive him to severe torment
72:18  And (say) that the mosques are God's, and that ye should not call on any one with God
72:19  and that when God's servant stood up to pray they called out to him and well-nigh crowded upon him
72:20  Say, 'I only call upon my Lord, and I join no one with Him.
72:21  Say, 'Verily, I cannot control for you either harm, or right direction.
72:22  Say, 'Verily, as for me none can protect me against God, nor do I find any refuge beside Him,
72:23  except delivering the message from God and His errands: and whoso rebels against God and His Apostle, verily, for him is the fire of hell for them to dwell therein for ever and for aye!
72:24  Until when they see what they are threatened with, then shall they surely know who is most weak at helping and fewest in numbers
72:25  Say, 'I know not if what ye are threatened with be nigh, or if my Lord will set for it a term
72:26  He knows the unseen, and He lets no one know His unseen
72:27  save such apostle as He is well pleased with: for, verily, He sends marching before him and behind him a guard!
72:28  That He may know that they have delivered the errands of their Lord, for He compasses what they have, and reckons everything by number