Al-Jinn

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “It has been revealed to me that a group of jinn listened ˹to the Quran,˺ and said ˹to their fellow jinn˺: ‘Indeed, we have heard a wondrous recitation.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].

— Saheeh International

It leads to Right Guidance so we believed in it, and we will never associate anyone with our Lord ˹in worship˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

It guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone.

— Saheeh International

˹Now, we believe that˺ our Lord—Exalted is His Majesty—has neither taken a mate nor offspring,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son

— Saheeh International

and that the foolish of us used to utter ˹outrageous˺ falsehoods about Allah.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And that our foolish one [i.e., Iblees]¹ has been saying about Allah an excessive transgression.

— Saheeh International

We certainly thought that humans and jinn would never speak lies about Allah.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allah a lie.

— Saheeh International

And some men used to seek refuge with some jinn—so they increased each other in wickedness.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden [i.e., sin].

— Saheeh International

And those ˹humans˺ thought, just like you ˹jinn˺, that Allah would not resurrect anyone ˹for judgment˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And they had thought, as you thought, that Allah would never send anyone [as a messenger].

— Saheeh International

˹Earlier˺ we tried to reach heaven ˹for news˺, only to find it filled with stern guards and shooting stars.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.

— Saheeh International

We used to take up positions there for eavesdropping, but whoever dares eavesdrop now will find a flare lying in wait for them.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing,¹ but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.

— Saheeh International

Now, we have no clue whether evil is intended for those on earth, or their Lord intends for them what is right.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And we do not know [therefore] whether evil is intended for those on earth or whether their Lord intends for them a right course.

— Saheeh International

Among us are those who are righteous and those who are less so. We have been of different factions.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.¹

— Saheeh International