وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقۡعُدُ مِنۡهَا مَقَٰعِدَ لِلسَّمۡعِۖ فَمَن يَسۡتَمِعِ ٱلۡأٓنَ يَجِدۡ لَهُۥ شِهَابٗا رَّصَدٗا
Rowwad Translation Center
We used to take up positions there for eavesdropping, but now anyone who eavesdrops will find a flaming fire waiting for him[1].
Notes
[1] After the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was sent as a messenger, the heavens were guarded more strictly. The devils among the jinn could no longer eavesdrop as they would previously, and whoever of them attempted was pursued by blazing meteors. Yet a fragment of information might occasionally be snatched; it would be mixed with many falsehoods before reaching the fortune-tellers.
Translation: Rowwad Translation Center. Source: QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.20.
Arabic text: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex. Surah details: Tanzil.net (CC BY 3.0).
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