: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!
:2. 'It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: we shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord.
:3. 'And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son.
:4. 'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against Allah;
:5. 'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue against Allah.
:6. 'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly.
:7. 'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise up any one (to Judgment).
:8. 'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.
: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.
: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.
:11. 'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths.
:12. 'But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.
: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.
