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.
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It leads to Right Guidance so we believed in it, and we will never associate anyone with our Lord ˹in worship˺.
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˹Now, we believe that˺ our Lord—Exalted is His Majesty—has neither taken a mate nor offspring,
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and that the foolish of us used to utter ˹outrageous˺ falsehoods about Allah.1
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We certainly thought that humans and jinn would never speak lies about Allah.
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And some men used to seek refuge with some jinn—so they increased each other in wickedness.1
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And those ˹humans˺ thought, just like you ˹jinn˺, that Allah would not resurrect anyone ˹for judgment˺.
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˹Earlier˺ we tried to reach the sky ˹for news˺, only to find it filled with stern guards and shooting stars.1
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We used to take up positions there for eavesdropping, but whoever dares eavesdrop now will find a flare lying in wait for them.
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Now, we have no clue whether evil is intended for those on earth, or their Lord intends for them what is right.
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Among us are those who are righteous and those who are less so. We have been of different factions.
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˹Now,˺ we truly know that we cannot frustrate Allah on earth, nor can we escape from Him ˹into heaven˺.
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When we heard the guidance ˹of the Quran˺, we ˹readily˺ believed in it. For whoever believes in their Lord will have no fear of being denied ˹a reward˺ or wronged.
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