“And that: ‘Men among the servi sought protection with men against the domini, so they increased them in baseness.’
Certain men from among mankind used to seek refuge with certain men from among the jinn but they increased them in wickedness.
"And there were men from among mankind who used to seek help from the men among the Jinn, but they only helped increase them in sin. "
"And indeed some people of towns used to seek shelter with some of the nomads and increased them in confusion. "
“And that: ‘Men among the servi sought protection with men against the domini, so they increased them in baseness.’
"And there were men from among mankind who used to seek help from the men among the Jinn, but they only helped increase them in sin."
"There were men from among people who used to seek help from the men among the Jinn, but they only helped increase them in sin."
" 'Human beings used to seek power through jinn beings, but they only afflicted them with a lot of adversity.
But some men used to seek refuge with some jinns, and this increased their waywardness;
And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they increased them in burden.
Yet that certain kinds of humans would seek refuge with certain kinds of invisible forces: but these only increased their confusion –
And indeed (O Muhammad) individuals of humankind used to invoke the protection of individuals of the jinn, so that they increased them in revolt against Allah);
and that "some from among the humans used to seek protection of some among the jinn, and thus they increased the arrogance* of the jinn";
"We found that some men among mankind used to plead earnestly to some men among the Jinn for averting evil, but instead, the Jinn inflicted them with material harm and made them shudder with horror and with fear and dread which dwelt without an end".
"The Jinns declare that throughout the history there has been instances when men have co-operated with the Jinns of evil nature; this co-operation, however, has not been beneficial for men as they became more wicked. "
‘And verily, there were men among mankind who took shelter with the males among the jinn, but they (jinn) increased them (mankind) in sin and transgression.
'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly.
And some men used to seek refuge with some jinn—so they increased each other in wickedness.
and that some guys from human beings used to seek refuge with some guys of the Jinn, and thus they increased them (the Jinns) in arrogance,
Men have sought refuge with the jinn in the past, but they only misguided them further.
But there were certain men of mankind who would take refuge with certain men of the jinn, and they increased them in vileness,
"'And there are persons amongst men who seek for refuge with persons amongst the ginn; but they increase them in their perverseness.
"And, indeed, persons from among men used to seek refuge with persons from among jinn, so they increased them in wrongdoing (or folly or revolt):
And that (certain) men of the humankind used to take refuge with (certain) men of the jinn; so they increased them in oppression.
And there are certain men who fly for refuge unto certain of the genii; but they increase their folly and transgression:
" ‘(It is) true, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons (other personifications) among the jinns', but they (only) increased them in their mistakes.
"The fact is that some humble and lowly men from among the common folk used to seek refuge with some (big and influential) men from among the jinns and (thus) they increased these (jinns) in arrogance (and conceit).
Indeed some persons from the humans would seek the protection of some persons from the jinn, thus only adding to their rebellion.