Mushaf Page 376

They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.

And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners

As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.

And the devils have not brought the revelation down.

It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.

Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed.

So do not invoke with Allah another deity and [thus] be among the punished.

And warn, [O Muhammad], your closest kindred.

And lower your wing to those who follow you of the believers.

And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing."

And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

Who sees you when you arise

Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

They descend upon every sinful liar.

They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.

And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them;

Do you not see that in every valley they roam

And that they say what they do not do? -

Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allah often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.