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believed therein. We shall not join [in worship] any [gods] with
our Lord. And exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken
neither a wife nor a son. There were some foolish ones among us,
who used to utter extravagant lies against Allah; but we do think
that no man or spirit should say anything that is untrue against
Allah. True, there were persons among humanity who took shelter
with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly.
And they [came to] think as you thought, that Allah would not
raise up any one [to Judgment], And we pried into the secrets of
heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.
We used, indeed, to sit there in [hidden] stations, to [steal] a hear-
ing; but any who listens now will find a flaming fire watching him
in ambush. And we understand not whether ill is intended to those
on earth, or whether their Lord [really] intends to guide them to
right conduct. There are among us some that are righteous, and
some the contrary: we follow divergent paths. But we think that
we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor can
our Lord. And exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken
neither a wife nor a son. There were some foolish ones among us,
who used to utter extravagant lies against Allah; but we do think
that no man or spirit should say anything that is untrue against
Allah. True, there were persons among humanity who took shelter
with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly.
And they [came to] think as you thought, that Allah would not
raise up any one [to Judgment], And we pried into the secrets of
heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.
We used, indeed, to sit there in [hidden] stations, to [steal] a hear-
ing; but any who listens now will find a flaming fire watching him
in ambush. And we understand not whether ill is intended to those
on earth, or whether their Lord [really] intends to guide them to
right conduct. There are among us some that are righteous, and
some the contrary: we follow divergent paths. But we think that
we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor can