33يا مَعشَرَ الجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ إِنِ استَطَعتُم أَن تَنفُذوا مِن أَقطارِ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ فَانفُذوا ۚ لا تَنفُذونَ إِلّا بِسُلطانٍMuhammad AsadO you who live in close communion with [evil] invisible beings and humans!1 If you [think that you] can pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth,2 pass beyond them! [But] you cannot pass beyond them, save by a sanction [from God]!3For an explanation of this rendering of ma'shar al-jinn wa-'l-ins, see note 112 on the first paragraph of 6:128.I.e., in order to escape God's judgment and chastisement.I.e., "unless He wills to reprieve you": cf. the last paragraph of 6:128 and the corresponding note 114.