The Wind-Curved Sandhills
46. Al-'Aḥqāf
الأحقاف
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46:29
وَإِذْ
صَرَفْنَا
إِلَيْكَ
نَفَرًا
مِّنَ
الْجِنِّ
يَسْتَمِعُونَ
الْقُرْآنَ
فَلَمَّا
حَضَرُوهُ
قَالُوا
أَنصِتُوا
فَلَمَّا
قُضِيَ
وَلَّوْا
إِلَى
قَوْمِهِم
مُّنذِرِينَ
wa-ʾidh ṣarafnā ʾilayka nafaran mina l-jinni yastamiʿūna l-qurʾāna fa-lammā ḥaḍarūhu qālū ʾanṣitū fa-lammā quḍiya wallaw ʾilā qawmihim mundhirīna
When We dispatched toward you a team of jinn listening to the Quran, when they were in its presence, they said, ‘Be silent!’ When it was finished, they went back to their people as warners.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Behold, We turned towards thee a company of Jinns (quietly) listening to the Qur'an: when they stood in the presence thereof, they said, "Listen in silence!" When the (reading) was finished, they returned to their people, to warn (them of their sins).
