Sacred Books

Ayat 1 - SAY: "I HAVE been informed that a number of jinns had listened; then said: ´We have heard the wondrous Qur´an,

Ayat 2 - Which guides to the right path; and we have come to believe in it, and will not associate any one with our Lord.

Ayat 3 - Exalted is the glory of our Lord; He has neither wife nor son.

Ayat 4 - Certainly the foolish among us say preposterous things of God.

Ayat 5 - We had in fact thought that men and jinns would never speak a lie about God,

Ayat 6 - But some men used to seek refuge with some jinns, and this increased their waywardness;

Ayat 7 - So they began to think, even as you do, that God would not resurrect any one.

Ayat 8 - We sought to pry into the secrets of the heavens, but found it full of fierce guards and shooting flames.

Ayat 9 - We sat in observatories to listen; but any one who listened found a shooting star in wait for him.

Ayat 10 - We do not know if this means ill for the dwellers of the earth, or their Lord wishes guidance for them.

Ayat 11 - For some of us are upright and some otherwise: Surely we follow different ways.

Ayat 12 - We realised that we could not weaken the power of God on earth, nor outpace Him by running away.

Ayat 13 - So when we heard the guidance we believed in it; and he who believes in his Lord will neither fear loss nor force.

Ayat 14 - Some of us have come to submission, and some of us are iniquitous.´" Those who have submitted have taken the right course;

Ayat 15 - But those who are iniquitous will be fuel for Hell.

Ayat 16 - (Say): "If they keep to the right path We shall give them water in abundance to drink

Ayat 17 - In order to try them through it. But whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, will be given increasing torment by Him."

Ayat 18 - All places of worship are for God; so do not invoke any one with God.

Ayat 19 - When the devotee of God stood up to invoke Him (the jinns) crowded upon him (to listen).

Ayat 20 - Say: "I call on my Lord alone and I do not associate any one with Him."

Ayat 21 - Say: "Neither is your loss within my power nor bringing you to guidance."

Ayat 22 - Say: "No one can save me from God, nor can I find a place of refuge apart from Him,

Ayat 23 - Unless I convey from God and deliver His message." For those who disobey God and His Apostle is the fire of Hell, where they will abide for ever;

Ayat 24 - Until they see what they are promised, when they will understand who is weaker in aid and poorer in numbers.

Ayat 25 - Say: "I do not know if what is promised you is near, or if my Lord prolongs its term.

Ayat 26 - He is the knower of the Unknown, and He does not divulge His secret to any one

Ayat 27 - Other than an apostle He has chosen, when He makes a sentinel walk in front of him and a sentinel behind,

Ayat 28 - So that He may know if they have delivered their Lord´s messages. He comprehends all that has been given them, and keeps count of everything.