Anwar Al-Quran

Verse 1

72. Al-Jinn · The Jinn

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

قُلْ أُوحِىَ إِلَىَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْءَانًا عَجَبًۭا

72:1Say, ‘It has been revealed to me that a team of the jinn listened [to the Quran] and they said, “Indeed we heard a wonderful Quran,11

Tafsir

Commentary on this passage

Verse 1

2.In this account some special facts are mentioned: (i) Jinn is a proper being and it has different groups and individuals. And each have a different status. (ii) Jinns have heard and understood the Quran and accepted belief (they became believers). (iii) They have told their community that what foolish men think about us is totally baseless. They have the understanding that: (a) We have some sort of relations with Allah. (b) We can give refuge to humans. (c) We are not convinced of Qiyamat and we are beyond the reach of Allah. (d) We bring news of unseen from the sky. (e) We can go on the sky without any restrain. (f) We are aware of the intention of Allah about the people of the earth. (g) We can humble Allah and come out of His hold. However all these things are absolutely wrong and baseless. We are a creation and among us virtuous and evil, all kinds of individuals are present. We should know that for man this is a matter of great shame and bashfulness, that Jinns heard the Quran once and brought this kind of faith, and man, though he recites and listens to Quran day and night yet there is no effect on his character, whereas he has the notion of being the best of creatures. So can these kinds of humans be called as the best of creatures who does not have this much sense and perception is available with a creature created from fire whereas on the very first day in the case of Adam it was clarified that the status of soil is higher than the fire and the creature made from soil can be made Qiblah for the creatures of light (Angels). What to say of the creature made from fire?

Footnotes

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  1. 11

    Jinn: It is a creature that is created from fire and it is given the power to take various forms. Generally. the actual existence of the Jinns cannot be denied though it is that many indications related to them are baseless and superstitions.