Verse 72:4 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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۞ قُلۡ أُوحِیَ إِلَیَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسۡتَمَعَ نَفَرࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَقَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّا سَمِعۡنَا قُرۡءَانًا عَجَبࣰا ١
qul ūḥiya ilayya annahu is'tamaʿa nafarun mina l-jini faqālū innā samiʿ'nā qur'ānan ʿajaba
Say [Prophet], ‘It has been revealed to me that a group of jinn once listened in and said, “We have heard a wondrous Quran
2
یَهۡدِیۤ إِلَى ٱلرُّشۡدِ فَءَامَنَّا بِهِۦۖ وَلَن نُّشۡرِكَ بِرَبِّنَاۤ أَحَدࣰا ٢
yahdī ilā l-rush'di faāmannā bihi walan nush'rika birabbinā aḥada
that gives guidance to the right path, and we have come to believe it––We shall never set up partners with our Lord––
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وَأَنَّهُۥ تَعَـٰلَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَـٰحِبَةࣰ وَلَا وَلَدࣰا ٣
wa-annahu taʿālā jaddu rabbinā mā ittakhadha ṣāḥibatan walā walada
and that He––exalted be the glory of our Lord!––has neither spouse nor child
4
وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ یَقُولُ سَفِیهُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطࣰا ٤
wa-annahu kāna yaqūlu safīhunā ʿalā l-lahi shaṭaṭa
Outrageous things have been said about God by the foolish among us
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وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّاۤ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلۡإِنسُ وَٱلۡجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبࣰا ٥
wa-annā ẓanannā an lan taqūla l-insu wal-jinu ʿalā l-lahi kadhiba
although we had thought that no man or jinn would [dare to] tell a lie about Him
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وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡإِنسِ یَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمۡ رَهَقࣰا ٦
wa-annahu kāna rijālun mina l-insi yaʿūdhūna birijālin mina l-jini fazādūhum rahaqa
Men have sought refuge with the jinn in the past, but they only misguided them further
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وَأَنَّهُمۡ ظَنُّوا۟ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمۡ أَن لَّن یَبۡعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدࣰا ٧
wa-annahum ẓannū kamā ẓanantum an lan yabʿatha l-lahu aḥada
They thought, as you did, that God would never raise anyone from the dead
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وَأَنَّا لَمَسۡنَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءَ فَوَجَدۡنَـٰهَا مُلِئَتۡ حَرَسࣰا شَدِیدࣰا وَشُهُبࣰا ٨
wa-annā lamasnā l-samāa fawajadnāhā muli-at ḥarasan shadīdan washuhuba
We tried to reach heaven, but discovered it to be full of stern guards and shooting stars––
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