سورة الجن   

Surah Name: Al-Jinn Meaning: The Jinn

  • Revealed at Makkah
  • Total Number of Rukū / Sections 2
  • Total Number of Āyāt / Parts 28
  • Sūrah / Chapter number 72
  • Rukū / Section 2 contains Āyāt / Parts 9
  • Siparah/ Volume 29

bismillah

قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَدْعُو رَبِّي وَلَا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ أَحَدًا

Qul innama adAAoo rabbee wala oshriku bihi ahadan

Say you: I simply call upon Allah-SWT , and do not associate anyone with Him-SWT .

(72:20)

قُلْ إِنِّي لَا أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا رَشَدًا

Qul innee la amliku lakum darran wala rashadan

Say you: I do not own for you power of hurt nor of benefit.

(72:21)

قُلْ إِنِّي لَن يُجِيرَنِي مِنَ اللَّهِ أَحَدٌ وَلَنْ أَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِ مُلْتَحَدًا

Qul innee lan yujeeranee mina Allahi ahadun walan ajida min doonihi multahadan

Say you: None can protect me from Allah-SWT , nor can 1 find besides Him-SWT any refuge.

(72:22)

إِلَّا بَلَاغًا مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرِسَالَاتِهِ وَمَن يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَإِنَّ لَهُ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا

Illa balaghan mina Allahi warisalatihi waman yaAAsi Allaha warasoolahu fainna lahu nara jahannama khalideena feeha Abadan

Mine is but preaching from Allaah-SWT and His-SWT Messages; and whosoever disobeys Allaah-SWT and His-SWT Messenger, his portion is die Hell-fire, abiding there for ever.

(72:23)

حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَوْا مَا يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ نَاصِرًا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدًا

Hatta itha raaw ma yooAAadoona fasayaAAlamoona man adAAafu nasiran waaqallu AAadadan

They will go on denying until they see what they are promised. Then they will know who is weaker in protectors and fewer in number.

(72:24)

قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ رَبِّي أَمَدًا

Qul in adree aqareebun ma tooAAadoona am yajAAalu lahu rabbee amadan

Say you: I do not know whether what you are promised is near, or whether my Rabb-SWT has appointed it fora distant term.

(72:25)

عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَى غَيْبِهِ أَحَدًا

AAalimu alghaybi fala yuthhiru AAala ghaybihi ahadan

He-SWT is the Knower of the Unseen and He-SWT does not disclose His Unseen to anyone.

(72:26)

إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضَى مِن رَّسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْلُكُ مِن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ رَصَدًا

Illa mani irtada min rasoolin fainnahu yasluku min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi rasadan

Save to a Messenger chosen. And then He-SWT causes to go before him and behind him a guard.

(72:27)

لِيَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا رِسَالَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَأَحْصَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَدَدًا

LiyaAAlama an qad ablaghoo risalati rabbihim waahata bima ladayhim waahsakulla shayin AAadadan

That He-SWT may know that they have delivered the messages of their Rabb-SWT . And He-SWT comprehends whatever is with them, and He-SWT keeps count of everything numbered.

(72:28)

In The Name of Allah-SWT the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
SECRETS OF REVELATION:

Declare O Prophet-SW, that you only worship your Rabb-SWT and ascribe no partners to Him-SWT and that you are not responsible for their vices and virtues nor is it a part of your duties, being also His-SWT creation and His-SWT bondman. All your affairs are in His-SWT very control and you have no refuge save Him-SWT . However, your duty as His-SWT Messenger is only to convey His-SWT Message and whoever disobeys is destined to abide in the Hell. But the wretched souls incapable of accepting would never heed what you say. When they will see Akhirah materializing and the promise of retribution for disbelief coming true, they would know who was weak and fragile. They think that a handful of powerless Muslims posed no serious threat to them.

 

But they have seen in this world that Allah-SWT's Word is true and would so witness it in the Akhirah. Therefore, tell them that the hour of the Doomsday is only known to Allah-SWT , and not to His-SWT Prophets-AS. Only He-SWT Knows whether it is very near or far away. But it certainly is there. As for the Unseen, it is again only known to Him-SWT save what He-SWT informs the Prophets-AS on, through revelation, in full confidence and secrecy. He-SWT dominates everything and has a count of each particle in universe.

 

Knowledge of the Unseen

It must be remembered that the Knowledge of the Unseen is peculiar to Allaah-SWT as His-SWT Knowledge is independent of any source or medium. He-SWT Knows even 'the number of atoms in each speck of the universe and whatever these contain. He-SWT Knows everything at all times. This is the kind of knowledge no one else can possess. But the Information over the Unseen, as hinted in the preceding paragraph, is given to the Prophets-AS as and when required for the fulfillment of their Prophetic responsibilities. The Holy Prophet-SW is blessed with this information to the highest degree, but despite it, he does not have, by any stretch of imagination, a share in Allah-SWT's Attributes.

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