72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 1
قُلْ اُو۫حِيَ اِلَيَّ اَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُٓوا اِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْاٰناً عَجَباًۙ
Qul oohiya ilayya annahu istamaAAanafarun mina aljinni faqaloo inna samiAAnaqur-anan AAajaba
Say: ‘It has been revealed to me that a band of the jinn listened and said, "We have heard a most amazing Recitation.
- Progressive Muslims
Say: "It has been inspired to me that a group of Jinn were listening. " They said: "We have heard a magnificent Quran!"
- Shabbir Ahmed
Say (O Prophet): It has been revealed to me that a tribe of nomads listened, and then they said, "Behold, we have heard a marvelous Recital. " (46:29).
- Sam Gerrans
Say thou: “It is revealed to me, that a band of the domini listened in, and they said: ‘We have heard an amazing recitation
- The Monotheist Group
Say: "It has been inspired to me that a group of Jinn were listening." They said: "We have heard a magnificent revelation!"
- Edip-Layth
Say, "It has been inspired to me that a group of Jinn were listening." They said, "We have heard an interesting recitation/quran!"
- Aisha Bewley
Say: ‘It has been revealed to me that a band of the jinn listened and said, "We have heard a most amazing Recitation.
- Rashad Khalifa
Say, "I was inspired that a group of jinns listened, then said, 'We have heard a wonderful Quran.,
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
SAY: "I HAVE been informed that a number of jinns had listened; then said: 'We have heard the wondrous Qur'an,
- Sahih International
Say, [O Muúammad], "It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur'an.
- Muhammad Asad
SAY: "It has been revealed to me that some of the unseen beings gave ear [to this divine writ], and thereupon said [unto their fellow-beings]: "'Verily, we have heard a wondrous discourse,
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Say (O Muhammad): It is revealed unto me that a company of the Jinn gave ear, and they said: Lo! we have heard a marvellous Qur'an,
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Say to the people: " I have been inspired by Allah that a certain number of the Jinn listened to the recital of the sacred revelations and said: "we have heard an exceptional Quran"
- Bijan Moeinian
O’ Mohammad, declare that: "God has informed me that in an occasion a group of Jinns have listened to the recital of the Qur’an and have found it amazing. "
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "It has been revealed to me that a group (from three to ten in number) of jinn[1] listened (to this Qur’ân). They said: ‘Verily, we have heard a wonderful Recitation (this Qur’ân)!
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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!
- 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.
- Taqi Usmani
Say, "It has been revealed to me that a group from Jinn has listened (to the Qur’ān), and said (to their people), ‘Indeed we have heard an amazing Recital (Qur’ān)
- Abdul Haleem
Say [Prophet], ‘It has been revealed to me that a group of jinn once listened in and said, "We have heard a wondrous Quran,
- Arthur John Arberry
Say: 'It has been revealed to me that a company of the jinn gave ear, then they said, "We have indeed heard a Koran wonderful,
- E. Henry Palmer
Say, 'I have been inspired that there listened a company of the ginn, and they said, "We have heard a marvellous Qur'an
- Hamid S. Aziz
Say, "It has been revealed to me that a company of the jinn listened, and they said, "Surely we have heard a wonderful Recital (Quran),
- Mahmoud Ghali
Say, "It has been revealed to me that a batch of the jinn listened; then they said, Surely we have heard a wondrous Qur'an,
- George Sale
Say, it hath been revealed unto me that a company of genii attentively heard me reading the Koran, and said, verily we have heard an admirable discourse;
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Say: "It has been revealed to me that an assembly of jinns' listened (to the Quran). They said, ‘Verily, we have really heard a Wonderful Recitation (this Quran)!
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Say, `It has been revealed to me that a party of the jinn (- the non-Arab Jews of Nasîbîn, called Jinn because of their being strong, sharp and effective in affairs) listened (to the Qur'ân), so they said (to their people on their return), "Surely, we have heard a wonderful Qur'ân,
- Ali Quli Qarai
Say, ‘It has been revealed to me that a team of the jinn listened [to the Qur’ān], and they said, "Indeed we heard a wonderful Qur’ān,