The Holy Quran 72:9 — Surah Al-Jinn

Arabic text

وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَـٰعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ ۖ فَمَن يَسْتَمِعِ ٱلْـَٔانَ يَجِدْ لَهُۥ شِهَابًا رَّصَدًا

Translation

"Indeed (before the coming of Rasulullaah ﷺ) we used to take up positions there (in the skies) to sit and eavesdrop. Now (once revelation has begun coming to Rasulullaah ﷺ) whoever eavesdrops will find a flaming fire (star) waiting in ambush (waiting to attack) him."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Guards and flames in the heaven against the jinn: that is, when we flew up and reached near the heaven, we saw that nowadays very strict military guards have been posted, who do not let any devil listen to news of the unseen, and upon any devil who intends to do so flames rain down.

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