The Holy Quran 46:29 — Surah Al-Ahqaf

Arabic text

وَإِذْ صَرَفْنَآ إِلَيْكَ نَفَرًا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ يَسْتَمِعُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنصِتُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمَّا قُضِىَ وَلَّوْا۟ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِم مُّنذِرِينَ

Translation

(O Rasulullaah ﷺ! Mention to people the time) When We turned a group of the Jinn towards you (as you led the Fajr salaah) to attentively listen to the Qur'aan. When they presented themselves to listen, they said (to each other), "Be silent (so that we may listen properly)." When the recitation was complete, they returned to their people as warners (inviting them to Islaam).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The jinn listen to the Quran and come to faith: before the prophetic mission of Muhammad ﷺ, the jinn used to learn some heavenly news. When revelation began to come to the Prophet ﷺ, this practically stopped, and they began to be struck by shooting stars very frequently.

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