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believing men and believing upon the wrongdoers except in
women; and bestow no increase ruin.’
72. THE JINN (AL-JINN)

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
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1 Say, ‘It has been revealed to me and flames— we used to take
that a band of the jinn listened up a position to listen, but
[to the Quran] and they said, whoever listens now finds a
“We have heard a really flaming fire lying in wait for
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wonderful recital, which guides him— we cannot tell if this
to the right path; so we have bodes evil to those who dwell on
believed in it and we will not earth or whether their Lord
associate anyone with our Lord— intends to guide them. 11 Some
3 and exalted is the majesty of of us are righteous, while others
our Lord—He has taken neither are not; we follow divergent
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a wife nor a son. And [now we paths. 12 We have realized that
know] that the foolish among us we could never thwart God on
have been saying outrageous earth and that we would never be
things about God. 5 We had able to thwart Him by flight.
supposed that men and jinn 13 When we heard the call to
would never utter a lie against guidance, we believed in it. He
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God. Some men used to seek who believes in his Lord has no
refuge with the jinn in the past, fear of loss or of injustice.
but that only increased their 14 Some of us are obedient while
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insolence. They thought, as you others are wrongdoers; it is the
did, that God would never obedient who have found the
raise up anyone from the dead. 8 right path, 15 but those who are
We sought to reach heaven, but wrongdoers will become the fuel
found it filled with strong guards of Hell.” ’