The Inability of Jinn and Humans to Transcend Divine Boundaries

Ar-Rahman — Verses 33–36 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ ٣٣

O assembly of jinns and men! If you have power to pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass (them)! But you will never be able to pass them, except with authority (from Allah)!

يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنِ
O assembly of jinns and men!
اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ
If you have power to pass
أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا ۚ
beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth,
لَا
then pass (them)!
تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ
But you will never be able to pass them, except with authority (from Allah)!

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٤

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ
Then which of the Blessings
رَبِّكُمَا
of your Lord
تُكَذِّبَانِ
will you both (jinns and men) deny?

يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ ٣٥

There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.

يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا
There will be sent against you both,
شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ
smokeless flames of fire
وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا
and (molten) brass,
تَنتَصِرَانِ
and you will not be able to defend yourselves.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٦

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord
تُكَذِّبَانِ
will you both (jinns and men) deny?