Surah Al-Jinn, Ayah 21-28 — Word by Word
الجن
The Jinn
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
qul innī lā amliku lakum ḍarran walā rashadan
Say, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."
qul innī lan yujīranī mina l-lahi aḥadun walan ajida min dūnihi mul'taḥadan
Say, "Indeed, there will never protect me from Allāh anyone [if I should disobey], nor will I find in other than Him a refuge.
illā balāghan mina l-lahi warisālātihi waman yaʿṣi l-laha warasūlahu fa-inna lahu nāra jahannama khālidīna fīhā abadan
But [I have for you] only notification from Allāh, and His messages." And whoever disobeys Allāh and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell; they will abide therein forever.
ḥattā idhā ra-aw mā yūʿadūna fasayaʿlamūna man aḍʿafu nāṣiran wa-aqallu ʿadadan
[The disbelievers continue] until, when they see that which they are promised, then they will know who is weaker in helpers and less in number.
qul in adrī aqarībun mā tūʿadūna am yajʿalu lahu rabbī amadan
Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."
ʿālimu l-ghaybi falā yuẓ'hiru ʿalā ghaybihi aḥadan
[He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone
illā mani ir'taḍā min rasūlin fa-innahu yasluku min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi raṣadan
Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before him [i.e., each messenger] and behind him observers
liyaʿlama an qad ablaghū risālāti rabbihim wa-aḥāṭa bimā ladayhim wa-aḥṣā kulla shayin ʿadadan
That he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] may know that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number.