# Quran (Progressive Muslims Organization)/72
## 1-19

| | In the name of God, the Almighty, the Most Merciful. | Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi |
| 072:001 | Say: "It has been inspired to me that a group of Jinn were listening." They said: "We have heard a magnificent Quran!" | Qul oohiya ilayya annahu istamaAAa nafarun mina aljinni faqaloo inna samiAAna qur-anan AAajaban |
| 072:002 | "It guides to what is correct, so we believed in it, and we will not set up anyone with our Lord." | Yahdee ila alrrushdi faamanna bihi walan nushrika birabbina ahadan |
| 072:003 | "And exalted is the majesty of our Lord, He has not taken a wife nor a son." | Waannahu taAAala jaddu rabbina ma ittakhatha sahibatan wala waladan |
| 072:004 | "And it was the foolish one amongst us who used to say lies about God." | Waannahu kana yaqoolu safeehuna AAala Allahi shatatan |
| 072:005 | "And we had thought that neither mankind nor the Jinn would ever utter a lie against God." | Waanna thananna an lan taqoola al-insu waaljinnu AAala Allahi kathiban |
| 072:006 | "And there were men from among mankind who used to seek help from the men among the Jinn, but they only helped increase them in sin." | Waannahu kana rijalun mina al-insi yaAAoothoona birijalin mina aljinni fazadoohum rahaqan |
| 072:007 | "And they thought as you thought, that God would not send anyone." | Waannahum thannoo kama thanantum an lan yabAAatha Allahu ahadan |
| 072:008 | "And we touched the heaven, but found it full of powerful guards and projectiles." | Waanna lamasna alssamaa fawajadnaha muli-at harasan shadeedan washuhuban |
| 072:009 | "And we used to sit in it in places of listening, but anyone who sits now finds a projectile homing in on him." | Waanna kunna naqAAudu minha maqaAAida lilssamAAi faman yastamiAAi al-ana yajid lahu shihaban rasadan |
| 072:010 | "And we do not know, is it evil that is intended for those on Earth, or does their Lord want for them what is correct?" | Waanna la nadree asharrun oreeda biman fee al-ardi am arada bihim rabbuhum rashadan |
| 072:011 | "And among us are those who are good doers, and some of us are opposite to that, we are in many paths." | Waanna minna alssalihoona waminna doona thalika kunna tara-iqa qidadan |
| 072:012 | "And we acknowledge that we cannot escape God on Earth, nor can we escape Him if we run." | Wanna thananna an lan nuAAjiza Allaha fee al-ardi walan nuAAjizahu haraban |
| 072:013 | "And when we heard the guidance, we believed in it. So whoever believes in his Lord, then he will not fear a decrease in reward, nor a burdensome punishment." | Waanna lamma samiAAna alhuda amanna bihi faman yu/min birabbihi fala yakhafu bakhsan wala rahaqan |
| 072:014 | "And among us are those who surrendered, and among us are the compromisers. As for those who have surrendered, they have sought what is correct." | Waanna minna almuslimoona waminna alqasitoona faman aslama faola-ika taharraw rashadan |
| 072:015 | And as for the compromisers, they are firewood for Hell. | Waama alqasitoona fakanoo lijahannama hataban |
| 072:016 | And had they walked on the right path, We would have provided them with abundant water. | Waallawi istaqamoo AAala alttareeqati laasqaynahum maan ghadaqan |
| 072:017 | To test them with it. And whosoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will enter him a severe retribution. | Linaftinahum feehi waman yuAArid AAan thikri rabbihi yasluk-hu AAathaban saAAadan |
| 072:018 | And the temples are for God, so do not call on anyone with God. | Waanna almasajida lillahi fala tadAAoo maAAa Allahi ahadan |
| 072:019 | And when God's servant stood up to call on Him, they nearly banded to oppose him. | Waannahu lamma qama AAabdu Allahi yadAAoohu kadoo yakoonoona AAalayhi libadan |

## 20-28

| 072:020 | Say: "I only call on my Lord, and I do not associate anyone with Him." | Qul innama adAAoo rabbee wala oshriku bihi ahadan |
| 072:021 | Say: "I have no power to cause you harm nor to show you what is right." | Qul innee la amliku lakum darran wala rashadan |
| 072:022 | Say: "No one can protect me from God, and I will not find any refuge except with Him." | Qul innee lan yujeeranee mina Allahi ahadun walan ajida min doonihi multahadan |
| 072:023 | It is but an announcement from God, and His messages. And whosoever disobeys God and His messenger, then he will have the fire of Hell to dwell eternally therein. | Illa balaghan mina Allahi warisalatihi waman yaAAsi Allaha warasoolahu fa-inna lahu nara jahannama khalideena feeha abadan |
| 072:024 | Until they see what they are promised, then they will know who has the weakest ally and is least in number. | Hatta itha raaw ma yooAAadoona fasayaAAlamoona man adAAafu nasiran waaqallu AAadadan |
| 072:025 | Say: "I do not know if what you are promised is near, or if my Lord will make it distant." | Qul in adree aqareebun ma tooAAadoona am yajAAalu lahu rabbee amadan |
| 072:026 | The knower of the unseen, He does not reveal His knowledge to anyone. | AAalimu alghaybi fala yuthhiru AAala ghaybihi ahadan |
| 072:027 | Except to whom He has accepted as a messenger, then He reveals from the past and the future. | Illa mani irtada min rasoolin fa-innahu yasluku min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi rasadan |
| 072:028 | So that He knows that they have delivered the messages of their Lord, and He surrounds all that is with them, and He has counted the number of all things. | LiyaAAlama an qad ablaghoo risalati rabbihim waahata bima ladayhim waahsa kulla shay-in AAadadan |