| 1. Say: It has been 
												revealed to me that a company of 
												Jinns listened (to the Qur'an). 
												They said, 'We have really heard 
												a wonderful Recital!
 2. 'It gives guidance to the 
												Right, and we have believed 
												therein: we shall not join (in 
												worship) any (gods) with our 
												Lord.
 
 3. 'And Exalted is the Majesty 
												of our Lord: He has taken 
												neither a wife nor a son.
 
 4. 'There were some foolish ones 
												among us, who used to utter 
												extravagant lies against Allah.
 
 5. 'But we do think that no man 
												or spirit should say aught that 
												untrue against Allah.
 
 6. 'True, there were persons 
												among mankind who took shelter 
												with persons among the Jinns, 
												but they increased them in 
												folly.
 
 7. 'And they (came to) think as 
												ye thought, that Allah would not 
												raise up any one (to Judgment).
 
 8. 'And we pried into the 
												secrets of heaven; but we found 
												it filled with stern guards and 
												flaming fires.
 
 9. 'We used, indeed, to sit 
												there in (hidden) stations, to 
												(steal) a hearing; but any who 
												listen now will find a flaming 
												fire watching him in ambush.
 
 10. 'And we understand not 
												whether ill is intended to those 
												on earth, or whether their Lord 
												(really) intends to guide them 
												to right conduct.
 
 11. 'There are among us some 
												that are righteous, and some the 
												contrary: we follow divergent 
												paths.
 
 12. 'But we think that we can by 
												no means frustrate Allah 
												throughout the earth, nor can we 
												frustrate Him by flight.
 
 13. 'And as for us, since we 
												have listened to the Guidance, 
												we have accepted it: and any who 
												believes in his Lord has no 
												fear, either of a short 
												(account) or of any injustice.
 
 14. 'Amongst us are some that 
												submit their wills (to Allah., 
												and some that swerve from 
												justice. Now those who submit 
												their wills - they have sought 
												out (the path) of right conduct:
 
 15. 'But those who swerve,- they 
												are (but) fuel for Hell-fire'-
 
 16. (And Allah.s Message is): 
												"If they (the Pagans) had (only) 
												remained on the (right) Way, We 
												should certainly have bestowed 
												on them Rain in abundance.
 
 17. "That We might try them by 
												that (means). But if any turns 
												away from the remembrance of his 
												Lord, He will cause him to 
												undergo a severe Penalty.
 
 18. "And the places of worship 
												are for Allah (alone): So invoke 
												not any one along with Allah.
 
 19. "Yet when the Devotee of 
												Allah stands forth to invoke 
												Him, they just make round him a 
												dense crowd."
 
 20. Say: "I do no more than 
												invoke my Lord, and I join not 
												with Him any (false god)."
 
 21. Say: "It is not in my power 
												to cause you harm, or to bring 
												you to right conduct."
 
 22. Say: "No one can deliver me 
												from Allah (If I were to disobey 
												Him), nor should I find refuge 
												except in Him,
 
 23. "Unless I proclaim what I 
												receive from Allah and His 
												Messages: for any that disobey 
												Allah and His Messenger,- for 
												them is Hell: they shall dwell 
												therein for ever."
 
 24. At length, when they see 
												(with their own eyes) that which 
												they are promised,- then will 
												they know who it is that is 
												weakest in (his) helper and 
												least important in point of 
												numbers.
 
 25. Say: "I know not whether the 
												(Punishment) which ye are 
												promised is near, or whether my 
												Lord will appoint for it a 
												distant term.
 
 26. "He (alone) knows the 
												Unseen, nor does He make any one 
												acquainted with His Mysteries,-
 
 27. "Except an apostle whom He 
												has chosen: and then He makes a 
												band of watchers march before 
												him and behind him,
 
 28. "That He may know that they 
												have (truly) brought and 
												delivered the Messages of their 
												Lord: and He surrounds (all the 
												mysteries) that are with them, 
												and takes account of every 
												single thing."
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