Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“And that: ‘Men among the servi sought protection with men against the domini, so they increased them in baseness.’

وَاَنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْاِنْسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقاًۙ
Waannahu kana rijalun minaal-insi yaAAoothoona birijalin mina aljinni fazadoohumrahaqa
#wordmeaningroot
1wa-annahuAnd that
2kāna(there) wereكون
3rijālunmenرجل
4minaamong
5l-insimankindانس
6yaʿūdhūnawho sought refugeعوذ
7birijālinin (the) menرجل
8minafrom
9l-jinithe jinnجنن
10fazādūhumso they increased themزيد
11rahaqan(in) burdenرهق
  • Aisha Bewley

    Certain men from among mankind used to seek refuge with certain men from among the jinn but they increased them in wickedness.

  • Progressive Muslims

    "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. "

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    "And indeed some people of towns used to seek shelter with some of the nomads and increased them in confusion. "

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “And that: ‘Men among the servi sought protection with men against the domini, so they increased them in baseness.’

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    "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."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    "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."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    " 'Human beings used to seek power through jinn beings, but they only afflicted them with a lot of adversity.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    But some men used to seek refuge with some jinns, and this increased their waywardness;

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they increased them in burden.

  • Muhammad Asad

    Yet that certain kinds of humans would seek refuge with certain kinds of invisible forces: but these only increased their confusion –

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    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);

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    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";

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    "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".

  • Bijan Moeinian

    "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. "

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    ‘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.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And some men used to seek refuge with some jinn—so they increased each other in wickedness.

  • Taqi Usmani

    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,

  • Abdul Haleem

    Men have sought refuge with the jinn in the past, but they only misguided them further.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    But there were certain men of mankind who would take refuge with certain men of the jinn, and they increased them in vileness,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    "'And there are persons amongst men who seek for refuge with persons amongst the ginn; but they increase them in their perverseness.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    "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):

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And that (certain) men of the humankind used to take refuge with (certain) men of the jinn; so they increased them in oppression.

  • George Sale

    And there are certain men who fly for refuge unto certain of the genii; but they increase their folly and transgression:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    " ‘(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.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    "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).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Indeed some persons from the humans would seek the protection of some persons from the jinn, thus only adding to their rebellion.