The Jinn of Nasibain

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST BENEFICENT, THE MOST MERCIFUL 

The Jinn of Nasibain (From the Jinn of the Island)

Say (O Muhammad s.a.w): "It has been revealed to me that a group (from three to ten in number) of Jinn listened (to this Qur'an). They said: 'Verily, we have heard a wonderful Recitation (this Qur'an)! 'It guides to the Right Path, and we have believed therein, and we shall never join (in worship) anything with our Lord (ALLAH).

                                                                                                                                              (Qur'an 72:1)

And (remember) when We sent towards you (Muhammad s.a.w) a group (three to ten persons) of the jinn, (quietly) listening to Qur'an. When they stood in the presence thereof, they said: "Listen in silence!" and when it was finished, they returned to their people, as warners. They said: "O our people! Verily, we have heard a Book (this Qur'an) sent down after Musa (Moses), confirming what came before it, it guides to the truth and to a Straight Path (i.e. Islam). O our people! Respond (with obedience) to Allah's Caller (i.e. Allah's Messenger Muhammad s.a.w), and believe in him (i.e. believe in that which Muhammad s.a.w has brought from Allah and follow him). He (Allah) will forgive you of your sins, and will save you from a painful torment (i.e. Hell-fire). And whosoever does not respond to Allah's Caller, he cannot escape on earth, there will be no Auliya' (lords, helpers, supporters, protectors) for him beside Allah (from Allah's punishment). Those are in manifest error".

                                                                                                  (Qur'an 46:29-32)

The mention of these jinns involves a severe reprimand to the Quraish  in particular, and to the Arabs in general. While the Arabs were slow to accept Islam and have faith, the jinns mentioned above raced to accept Iman, which made them better  than the disbelieving Arabs. From the moment they heard the Qur'an, those jinns revered it and believed in it.  And they returned to their fellow jinns as warners and callers to Islam. In stark contrast to the jinns were the disbelieving Arabs, who disbelieved even though they knew that the speech of the Qur'an was a miracle even though they knew that Muhammad s.a.w.was illiterate: he could neither read nor write which Ibn Mas'ud rha was there on the night  in which the Messenger of Allah s.a.w met the jinns. The Jinns that met with the Prophet s.a.w were actually from the Arabian Peninsula, and in Ad-Durr Al-Manthur it si mentioned that some say they were seven in number and were from the dwellers of Nasibain.

-At-Tafsir Al-Munir: 29/164

-Ad-Durr Al-Manthur: 6/270

-Safwatut-Tafasir: 3/457

-At-Tabari: 2/347

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