17 Preface وَحَفِظناها مِن كُلِّ شَيطانٍ رَجيمٍYusuf AliAnd (moreover) We have guarded them1 from every evil spirit accursed:2Taking the physical heavens, we can imagine the supreme melody or harmony-the Music of the Spheres-guarded from every disturbing force. If by any chance any rebellious force of evil seeks to obtain, by stealth, a sound of that harmony to which all who make themselves consonant are freely invited, it is pursued by a shooting star, for there can be no consonance between evil and good.Rajim: driven away with stones, rejected, accursed. Cf. 3:36.