The Holy Quran 15:18 — Surah Al-Hijr

Arabic text

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ

Translation

(The sky is protected from every Shaytaan) Except the one who steals a hearing (manages to overhear something from the angels). A clear (shining) flame (a star) pursues him (which either kills him or drives him insane). (When the Shayaateen try to listen to the angels discussing future events, the angels throw stars at them. However, some manage to pass on to other Shayaateen what they have heard before the star strikes them. The Shayaateen then pass this information on to human fortune-tellers mixed with hundreds of lies. When people discover that some of the predictions of these fortune-tellers come true, they become devoted to them, forgetting the hundreds of untruths that they had also predicted.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The devils and the piercing flame: that is, the devils have no power or influence whatsoever in the heavens; indeed, since the time of the prophetic mission of Muhammad ﷺ they cannot even pass there. Now their utmost effort is to form a chain of devils, reach near the sky, and, drawing close to the world of malakut (the angelic realm)

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