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Surah Al-Ahqaf
Verse 29–32

وَإِذْ And when صَرَفْنَآ We directed إِلَيْكَ to you نَفَرًۭا a party مِّنَ of ٱلْجِنِّ the jinn يَسْتَمِعُونَ listening ٱلْقُرْءَانَ (to) the Quran فَلَمَّا And when حَضَرُوهُ they attended it قَالُوٓا۟ they said أَنصِتُوا۟ ۖ Listen quietly فَلَمَّا And when قُضِىَ it was concluded وَلَّوْا۟ they turned back إِلَىٰ to قَوْمِهِم their people مُّنذِرِينَ (as) warners ٢٩

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We directed to you a few of the jinn, listening to the Qur’ān. And when they attended it, they said, "Listen attentively." And when it was concluded, they went back to their people as warners.

— Come To Light

قَالُوا۟ They said يَـٰقَوْمَنَآ O our people إِنَّا Indeed, we سَمِعْنَا [we] have heard كِتَـٰبًا a Book أُنزِلَ revealed مِنۢ after بَعْدِ after مُوسَىٰ Musa مُصَدِّقًۭا confirming لِّمَا what بَيْنَ (was) before it يَدَيْهِ (was) before it يَهْدِىٓ guiding إِلَى to ٱلْحَقِّ the truth وَإِلَىٰ and to طَرِيقٍۢ a Path مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ Straight ٣٠

They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a [recited] Book revealed after Moses confirming what was before it which guides to the truth and to a straight path.

— Come To Light

يَـٰقَوْمَنَآ O our people أَجِيبُوا۟ Respond دَاعِىَ (to the) caller ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah وَءَامِنُوا۟ and believe بِهِۦ in him يَغْفِرْ He will forgive لَكُم for you مِّن of ذُنُوبِكُمْ your sins وَيُجِرْكُم and will protect you مِّنْ from عَذَابٍ a punishment أَلِيمٍۢ painful ٣١

O our people, respond to the Caller [i.e., Messenger] of Allāh and believe in him; He [i.e., Allāh] will forgive for you your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.

— Come To Light

وَمَن And whoever لَّا (does) not يُجِبْ respond دَاعِىَ (to the) caller ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah فَلَيْسَ then not بِمُعْجِزٍۢ he can escape فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth وَلَيْسَ and not لَهُۥ for him مِن besides Him دُونِهِۦٓ besides Him أَوْلِيَآءُ ۚ protectors أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those فِى (are) in ضَلَـٰلٍۢ error مُّبِينٍ clear ٣٢

But he who does not respond to the Caller of Allāh will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."

— Come To Light

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