The Holy Quran 72:11 — Surah Al-Jinn

Arabic text

وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدًا

Translation

“Among us there are the righteous ones and those who are otherwise (disobedient and sinful). (Thus.) We were of different ways." (following various religions).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The various sects of the jinn: that is, even before the revelation of the Quran, not all the jinn were on one path: some were righteous and well-mannered, and many were wicked and unruly. Among them too there are probably sects and groups: some idolaters, some Christians, some Jews, and so on. And in practice each one's course of action would be different.

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