Surat Al-Jinn (The Jinn) | Mishary Rashid Alafasy | مشاري بن راشد العفاسي | سورة الجن

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Verses 8-10 indicate that, before the appointment of Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a Rasool, the jinn had the opportunity to eavesdrop in the heavens in order to hear news from the unseen. But after the appointment of Muhammad (pbuh) they suddenly found that angels had been set as guards and meteorites were being shot at them from every side, so much so that they could find no place of safety from where they could hear the secret news. They then started searching for the unusual things that occurred on the earth, or were going to occur, because of which security measures were tightened up. Probably since then, many companies of the jinn must have been moving about in search of any unusual occurrence and one of them, after having heard the Qur'an from the Prophet (pbuh), must have formed the opinion that it was the very thing for the sake of which all the gates of the heavens had been shut against the jinn.

This Surah reflects the impact of The Qur'an on the company of the jinn when they heard it and what they said to their fellow jinn when they returned to them. Allah, in this connection, has not cited their whole conversation but only those particular things which were worthy of mention. That is why the style is not that of a continuous speech but sentences have been cited so as to indicate that they said this and that. If one studies these sentences spoken by the jinn carefully, one can easily understand the real object of the narration of this event, of their affirming the faith and mentioning this conversation of theirs with their people in the Qur'an.