English Language Translation The Meanings of AL JIN and
AL MUZZAMMIL
AL JIN
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
72-1 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! 72-2 'It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: we shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord. 72-3 'And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son. 72-4 'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against God; 72-5 'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue against God. 72-6 'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly. 72-7 'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that God would not raise up any one (to Judgment). 72-8 'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires. 72-9 '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. 72-10 'And we understand not whether ill is intended to those on earth, or whether their Lord (really) intends to guide them to right conduct. 72-11 'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths. 72-12 'But we think that we can by no means frustrate God throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.
72-13 '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. 72-14 'Amongst us are some that submit their wills (to God), and some that swerve from justice. Now those who submit their wills - they have sought out (the path) of right conduct: 72-15 'But those who swerve,- they are (but) fuel for Hell-fire'- 72-16 (And God's Message is): "If they (the Pagans) had (only) remained on the (right) Way, We should certainly have bestowed on them Rain in abundance. 72-17 "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. 72-18 "And the places of worship are for God (alone): So invoke not any one along with God; 72-19 "Yet when the Devotee of God stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd." 72-20 Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)." 72-21 Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct." 72-22 Say: "No one can deliver me from God (If I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him, 72-23 "Unless I proclaim what I receive from God and His Messages: for any that disobey God and His Apostle,- for them is Hell: they shall dwell therein for ever." 72-24 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. 72-25 Say: "I know not whether the (Punishment) which ye are promised is near, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term. 72-26 "He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted with His Mysteries,- 72-27 "Except an apostle whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind him, 72-28 "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."
AL MUZZAMMIL
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
73-1 O thou folded in garments! 73-2
Stand (to prayer) by night, but not all night,- 73-3 Half of it,- or a little less, 73-4 Or a little more; and recite the Qur'an in slow, measured rhythmic tones. 73-5 Soon shall We send down to thee a weighty Message. 73-6 Truly the rising by night is most potent for governing (the soul), and most suitable for (framing) the Word (of Prayer and Praise). 73-7 True, there is for thee by day prolonged occupation with ordinary duties: 73-8 But keep in remembrance the name of thy Lord and devote thyself to Him whole-heartedly. 73-9 (He is) Lord of the East and the West: there is no god but He: take Him therefore for (thy) Disposer of Affairs. 73-10 And have patience with what they say, and leave them with noble (dignity). 73-11 And leave Me (alone to deal with) those in possession of the good things of life, who (yet) deny the Truth; and bear with them for a little while. 73-12 With Us are Fetters (to bind them), and a Fire (to burn them), 73-13 And a Food that chokes, and a Penalty Grievous. 73-14 One Day the earth and the mountains will be in violent commotion. And the mountains will be as a heap of sand poured out and flowing down. 73-15 We have sent to you, (O men!) an apostle, to be a witness concerning you, even as We sent an apostle to Pharaoh. 73-16 But Pharaoh disobeyed the apostle; so We seized him with a heavy Punishment. 73-17 Then how shall ye, if ye deny (God), guard yourselves against a Day that will make children hoary-headed?- 73-18 Whereon the sky will be cleft asunder? His Promise needs must be accomplished.
73-19 Verily this is an Admonition: therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) path to his Lord!