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Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 9

سورة الجن، الآية ٩

72:9 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 572 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 72:9

وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَٰعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ فَمَن يَسْتَمِعِ ٱلْـَٔانَ يَجِدْ لَهُۥ شِهَابًا رَّصَدًا ۝٩

Transliteration

wa-annā kunnā naqʿudu min'hā maqāʿida lilssamʿi faman yastamiʿi l-āna yajid lahu shihāban raṣadan

Translation

And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing,1767 but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.

Notes

[1767] Before the prophethood of Muḥammad (ﷺ) the jinn used to collect information by eavesdropping on the angels and then pass it on to fortunetellers and soothsayers.

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Verse 9 of Surah Al-Jinn (72:9), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 572 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 9

Al-Mukhtasar

And that we in the past used to assume positions in the sky from where we could hear what the angels were deliberating, and then we would convey this to the fortune-tellers on earth. Now things have changed. Anyone of us who now tries to listen finds a flaming fire ready for him. When he goes near, it is released on him and he is burnt by it.

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Other translations of verse 9

We used to take up positions there for eavesdropping, but now anyone who eavesdrops will find a flaming fire waiting for him3.

Notes

[3] After the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was sent as a messenger, the jinn who used to eavesdrop on heaven and then pass it on to fortune-tellers came to an end.

‘And verily, we used to sit there in stations, to (steal) a hearing, but any who listens now will find a flaming fire watching him in ambush.

And we used to sit on places (high) therein to listen. But he who listeneth now findeth a flame in wait for him;

'We used, indeed, to sit there in (hidden) stations, to (steal) a hearing; but any who listen now will find a flaming fire watching him in ambush.

And that we used to sit in some of the sitting-places thereof to steal a hearing, but he who would (try to) listen now would find a flame lying in wait for him:

And that we used to sit (there) on seats for (over)hearing; yet whoever listens now finds a flaming (meteor) (closely) observing him.

Verse 9 word by word

  1. وَأَنَّا wa-annā And that we
  2. كُنَّا kunnā used to ك و ن
  3. نَقْعُدُ naqʿudu sit ق ع د
  4. مِنْهَا min'hā there in
  5. مَقَٰعِدَ maqāʿida positions ق ع د
  6. لِلسَّمْعِ lilssamʿi for hearing س م ع
  7. فَمَن faman but (he) who
  8. يَسْتَمِعِ yastamiʿi listens س م ع
  9. ٱلْـَٔانَ l-āna now أ و ن
  10. يَجِدْ yajid will find و ج د
  11. لَهُۥ lahu for him
  12. شِهَابًا shihāban a flaming fire ش ه ب
  13. رَّصَدًا raṣadan waiting ر ص د

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 6213

That is a word pertaining to the truth which a jinn snatches and whispers into his friend's ears as a hen does. Then, they mix it with more than a hundred lies

Some people asked the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about diviners, and he said to them: "They are of no account." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, but they sometimes make true predictions." Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be…

تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَخْطَفُهَا الْجِنِّيُّ، فَيَقُرُّهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ قَرَّ الدَّجَاجَةِ، فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ كَذْبَةٍ ‏"

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