Dr. Mustafa Khattab Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “It has been revealed to me that a group of jinn listened ˹to the Quran,˺ and said ˹to their fellow jinn˺: ‘Indeed, we have heard a wondrous recitation.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab It leads to Right Guidance so we believed in it, and we will never associate anyone with our Lord ˹in worship˺.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab ˹Now, we believe that˺ our Lord—Exalted is His Majesty—has neither taken a mate nor offspring,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab and that the foolish of us used to utter ˹outrageous˺ falsehoods about Allah.¹

Dr. Mustafa Khattab We certainly thought that humans and jinn would never speak lies about Allah.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab And some men used to seek refuge with some jinn—so they increased each other in wickedness.¹

Dr. Mustafa Khattab And those ˹humans˺ thought, just like you ˹jinn˺, that Allah would not resurrect anyone ˹for judgment˺.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab ˹Earlier˺ we tried to reach heaven ˹for news˺, only to find it filled with stern guards and shooting stars.¹

Dr. Mustafa Khattab We used to take up positions there for eavesdropping, but whoever dares eavesdrop now will find a flare lying in wait for them.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab Now, we have no clue whether evil is intended for those on earth, or their Lord intends for them what is right.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab Among us are those who are righteous and those who are less so. We have been of different factions.