The Prostration
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[32:13]
Yet had We so willed, We could indeed have imposed Our guidance upon every human being: but [We have not willed it thus – and so] that word of Mine has come true: "Most certainly will I fill hell with invisible beings as well as with humans, all together!"

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* v.13 : Lit., “We could indeed have given unto every human being (nafs) his guidance,” i.e., forcibly: but since this would have deprived man of his ability to choose between right and wrong – and, thus, of all moral responsibility – God does not “impose” His guidance upon anyone (cf. 26:4 and the corresponding note).
* See 7:18 as well as the last paragraph of 11:119. As regards the “invisible beings” (jinn), see Appendix III.