这部分经文呈现了处理信仰根本问题的另一种方式。它讲述了一群精灵聆听《古兰经》诵读的故事。他们内心感到这是真理之言，便立即信从。随后，他们急忙回到自己的族人中间，号召他们信仰，向他们报告获得宽恕过去罪过的喜讯，并警告他们不要背弃信仰、执迷于错误之中。这群精灵对《古兰经》的感受十分明显，从他们彼此相劝要倾听其诵读，以及他们向族人转述此事并劝他们也要信仰之中可见一斑。以这种方式讲述这个故事，应当能触动首先被《古兰经》的讯息所针对的人类之心，并对他们产生深刻而有力的影响。同时，精灵还提到了赐予穆萨的经典与《古兰经》之间的联系。这是人类所忽视、却被精灵所点明的事实。

This last part of the surah presents a different way of tackling the basic question of faith. It tells us the story of a group of jinn who heard the Qur’an being recited and who listened to it. They felt, at heart, that it was the word of truth and believed in it instantly. They then rushed to their own people calling on them to believe, giving them the good news of earning forgiveness for their past sins and warning them against turning away and persisting in error. The effect of the Qur’an on this group of jinn is clearly indicated in their advice to each other to hearken to its recitation, as well as the report they gave to their people about it, urging them to believe too. Reporting the story in this way should touch the hearts of human beings to whom the message of the Qur’an is firstly addressed. It should have a telling and profound effect on them. At the same time, a reference to the link between the book given to Moses and the Qur’an is mentioned by the jinn. This is a fact ignored by humans but highlighted by the jinn.

再次强调，这一点产生了深远的影响，这与该章的经义是一致的。

Again this has a profound effect which is consistent with the message of the surah.

"jinris"is unclear; I'll keep it as written. 金日斯（Jinris）的论述也提到宇宙这本敞开的书，它见证了真主在创造天地中所彰显的伟大力量，以及祂使死者复活的能力。不用说，人们对此争论不休，甚至常常完全否认。

The jinris discourse also refers to the open book of the universe, testifying to God’s great power manifested in the creation of the heavens and the earth and His ability to bring the dead back to life. Needless to say, people argue endlessly about this, often denying it altogether.

在复活的语境中，本章描绘了末日的一幕：不信道者被带到火狱之前。最后，先知被命令在逆境中保持忍耐，不要催促对他们的惩罚。相反，他应当任由他们过自己的生活，直到约定的时刻来临；那一时刻必将很快到来，就在一天中不过一个小时的时间里，而这一信息正是在那段时间里被传达的。

In the context of resurrection, the surah portrays a scene from the Day of Judgement speaking of the time when the unbelievers are brought before the fire of hell. Finally, the Prophet is instructed to remain patient in adversity and not to hasten their punishment. Rather, he should leave them to live their lives until the appointed time, which is bound to come soon, in no more than an hour of a day, during which the message is given.

我们派遣了一群精灵到你这里来，听取《古兰经》。他们听到之后，彼此说：“你们静听！”诵读结束后，他们回到自己的族人那里去警告他们。他们说：“我们的族人啊！我们听过一部在穆萨（Musa）之后降示的经典，它印证了在它之前的经典，它指引人们走向真理和正道。我们的族人啊！你们应当答应真主的召唤，信仰祂。祂将赦宥你们的罪过，使你们免遭痛苦的刑罚。谁不答应真主的召唤，谁就不能在大地上逃避祂，除祂之外，他们也找不到任何保护者。这些人确实处于明显的迷误之中。难道他们不知道，创造天地而不因创造它们而疲倦的真主，有能力使死人复活吗？是的，祂确实对万物有能力。”（第29-33节）

We sent to you a group of Jinn to listen to the Qur'an. When they heard it, they said to one another, "Listen in silence!' When the recitation ended, they returned to their people to warn them. "Our people,' they said, "we have been listening to revelation bestowed from on high after Moses, confirming what came before it. It guides to the truth and to a straight path. Our people! Respond to God's call and have faith in Him. He will forgive you your sins and deliver you from grievous suffering. He who does not respond to God's call cannot elude Him on earth, nor will they have any protector against Him. They are indeed in manifest error. Are they not aware that God, who has created the heavens and the earth and was not wearied by their creation, has the power to bring the dead back to life? Yes, indeed. He has power over all things, (verses 29-33)

那些静静聆听《古兰经》的精灵（jinn）发表了一番涵盖信仰全部内容的言论：相信真主的启示；《讨拉特》与《古兰经》所传信息的统一；承认《古兰经》所引向的真理；相信复活日，以及何种行为可以获得宽恕、何种行为会招致惩罚；承认真主的创造之力及其对一切受造物的全面主权，并认识到最初的创造与使死者复活之间的联系。这些正是本章自始至终所论述的原则。它们是由精灵借一个来自人类世界之外的声音所陈述的。

Those jinn who listened to the Qur’an in silence made a comment that embraced faith in its entirety: belief in Gods revelation; the unity of the message given in the Torah and the Qur’an; acknowledging the truth to which the Qur’an guides; belief in the Day of Resurrection and which actions earn forgiveness and which incur punishment; acknowledging God’s power of creation and His overall authority over all creatures, and recognizing the link between creation in the first place and bringing the dead back to life. These are the principles the surah discusses from start to finish. They are presented here by the jinn, in a voice that comes from beyond man’s world.

《古兰经》提到有一群精灵被派来聆听先知诵读《古兰经》，并叙述了他们此后的所作所为与所说的话，这一点已足以证实精灵的存在以及该事件的真实性。它还进一步证明，他们确实能够聆听先知以阿拉伯语原文所诵读的《古兰经》。

The fact that the Qur’an mentions how a number of jinn were sent to listen to the Qur’an as the Prophet recited it, and reports what they did and said afterwards, is sufficient to confirm the existence of the jinn and the event related. It further confirms that they were able to listen to the Qur’an in its Arabic wording as pronounced by the Prophet.

它也明确指出，精灵（jinn）能够接受信仰，也能够拒绝信仰；他们有选择的自由，可以遵循正道，也可以继续迷误。对此无需任何进一步的证实。没有任何人能够增添真主在《古兰经》中所陈述之事实的可靠性。我们所做的，只是尽力以人类的理解去阐明它。

It also makes clear that the jinn are able to accept faith or deny it, that they have the choice to follow guidance or continue in error. There is no need for any further confirmation. No person can add anything to the reliability of a fact stated by God in the Qur’an. We, however, merely try to clarify it in our human perception.

我们曾派遣一群精灵到你那里去聆听《古兰经》。当他们听到诵读时，彼此说："你们静静地听！"诵读完毕，他们便回到自己的族人那里去警告他们。

We sent to you a group of jinn to listen to the Quran. When they heard it, they said to one another, "Listen in silence!* When the recitation ended, they returned to their people to warn them.

（第29节）

(Verse 29)

于是,神派这群精灵去聆听《古兰经》,这是一个有意的安排,换言之,这并非偶然的巧合。

It was, then, a purposeful act of God’s that He sent this group of jinn to listen to the Qur’an; in other words, it was not mere coincidence.

真主希望精灵也能知晓祂的最后一条讯息，正如他们此前已经知晓穆萨的讯息一样。依照祂的安排，他们中的一些人将会信仰，从而使自己免于火狱的刑罚；火狱是为不信道者所设的归宿，无论他们是精灵还是人类。

God wanted the jinn to know about His final message, just as they had earlier learnt about Moses’ message. According to His design, some of them will then believe and spare themselves punishment in hell, which is the abode of unbelievers whether jinn or humans.

该章以生动的画面展现了这一群体的景象，他们人数在三至十个之间（jzhh），他们聆听《古兰经》时的情景历历在目。它描绘了他们在诵读过程中的内心感受：一种压倒性的敬畏，继而化为顺服与行动。“当他们听到它时，彼此说：‘你们静听吧！’”这短短一句清晰地传达出他们聆听《古兰经》诵读时的态度。接着，“当诵读结束时，他们便回到自己的族人中去警告他们。”（第29节）这句话证实了《古兰经》对他们产生的影响。他们全神贯注、一片寂静地聆听，整个诵读过程中注意力都高度集中。诵读结束后，他们迅速返回自己的族人中间。

The surah draws before our eyes an image of this group, between three and ten jzhh, as they listened to the Qur’an. It paints for us their feelings as it was being recited: an overwhelming awe leading to submission and action. “ When they heard it, they said to one another, Listen in silence?” This short sentence gives a clear impression of their attitude as they hearkened to the Qur’anic recitation. Then, ""When the recitation ended, they returned to their people to warn them.” (Verse 29) This sentence confirms the effect the Qur’an had on them. They listened in complete silence, attentions focused throughout the recitation. When it was over, they returned at speed to their own people.

他们觉得自己所听到的内容必须立即讲述和传达出去。他们的族人需要知道，以便能够得到警示。

They felt that what they had heard must be immediately told and passed on. Their people needed to know so that they could be warned.

这是一种这样的情形：人受到某种强烈的影响，促使他立即行动，希望传播其中的益处，并让他人也采取同样认真的态度：“他们说：‘我们的people啊，我们听到了在穆萨之后降下的启示，它印证了在它之前的经典。它引导人走向真理和正路。’”（第30节）

It is a situation where one is highly influenced by something which motivates him to immediate action that seeks to spread the benefit and to get others to adopt the same serious attitude: “Our people, they said, we have been listening to revelation bestowed from on high after Moses, confirming what came before it. It guides to the truth and to a straight path." (Verse 30)

在提到使死者复活之后，这一章通过描绘清算与问责的景象，仿佛将这一切展现在我们眼前一般。

Having referred to bringing the dead back to life, the surah paints a picture of reckoning and accountability as though we see all this before our eyes:

在那一天，不信道者被带到火狱前，[有人会问他们]："这不是真的吗？"他们会回答："是的，凭我们的主发誓，确是真的。"[主]将说："那么，你们尝尝这刑罚吧，因为你们曾经不信道。"（第34节）

On the Day when the unbelievers will be brought before the fire, [they will be asked]: 7s this not the truth?' They will answer: ‘Yes, by our Lord.' He will say: ‘Taste, then, this suffering, for you were unbelievers' (Verse 34)

这段经文描绘的场景从一段叙述或叙述的引言开始:“在那一日,不信道者将被带到火狱前……”听众在等待描述将要发生之事的叙述,然而呈现在眼前的并非描述,而是一场正在进行的对话:“这难道不是真的吗?”这是一个多么尖锐的问题!它像铁锤一般落在那些曾经否认真理、嘲笑使命、催促所被警告的刑罚的人头上。如今,他们正面对自己曾经否认的真理。他们怀着恐惧与谦卑作答:“是的,指我们的主发誓!”如今他们指着“我们的主”发誓,正是那位他们曾拒绝其使者、否认其主权的主。如今他们指着祂发誓,肯定了他们曾经否认的真理。

The scene here begins with a narrative, or an introduction to a narrative: “On the Day when the unbelievers will be brought before the fire..The audience are waiting for the narrative describing what will happen, but instead of a description, the scene is present before our eyes, with a dialogue taking place: “Is this not the truth? What a question! It falls like a hammer on the heads of those who used to reject the truth, ridicule the message and hasten the punishment they were warned against. Now they are face to face with the truth they used to deny. They arrive at an answer, in fear and humility: “ Yes, by our Lord? Now they swear ‘ by our Lord', the very Lord whose messenger they rejected and whose Lordship they denied. Now they swear by Him affirming the truth they once denied.

至此，责备已达到顶点。对话已经结束，事情已经定局："他将说：'你们因为不信道，那就尝尝这刑罚吧！'"（第34节）这只是对一个简单问题的回答：罪行已完全清楚，罪人也承认了自己的罪过。结局已经确定。

At this point, the matter reaches maximum rebuke. The dialogue is over and the issue is settled: “He will say: ‘Taste, then, this suffering, for you were unbelievers?” (Verse 34) It is just an answer to a simple question: the crime is seen in full clarity and the criminal admits his guilt. The outcome is settled.

这一场景的节奏很快。这是有意为之，因为这场对峙是决定性的。此时已无争辩的余地。他们过去否认真理；如今他们承认了真理，并要承受其后果。

This scene is portrayed very speedily. This is deliberate because the confrontation is decisive. There is no room for argument. They used to deny the truth; now they acknowledge it and are made to suffer the consequences.

随着这一幕明确宣告了不信者的命运,以及另一幕触动了另一群人心灵的场景之后,本章做出了最后的陈述。它指示先知要对他们保持耐心,不要催促他们的惩罚。他已经看到了等待他们的结局,而它已近在眼前:

Following this scene that decisively spells out the fate of the unbelievers, and the one that touches the hearts of a group from a different world, the surah makes its final statement. It instructs the Prophet to remain patient with them and not to hasten their punishment. He has seen what awaits them, which is close at hand: