72 - The Jinn

Prophet, tell the people “it has been revealed to me that a group of Jinn

9 in number, came to listen in on the Qur’an while I was reciting.

Then returned to their kind to tell them of what they’d observed

Saying ‘there is a glorious message from God that we’ve heard

It gives right guidance and we have turned in true belief

And hereby renounce all previous lords we took like the devil, Iblis.

We now know the One True God is above claims He has a child or spouse

It is the foolish, Iblis who moves among us, who utters such lies from his mouth

And we thought none would have the audacity from Mankind and Jinn

To spread such a mendacious and terrible lie against the Almighty - All praise be to Him.’”

Prophet, tell the people

Many previous generations have sought protection and asked it of the Jinn

And for example would call out, ‘I ask for safety from the master of the valley I am in’

And such words would increase the arrogance of the jinn there

And they began to act as if they would not be raised again before the One who was All Aware

The 9 believing jinn also said ‘we used to try to steal our way up to the Heaven and listen in

To hear what angels discussed so we could head to earth and pass on what they were saying

But after the Qur’an’s reciter, Muhammad, was born

We would head there and find the boundaries of Heaven adorned

With angels ready to fight us off with meteors;

So we have no knowledge of what the Lord intends for those on earth 

We know not whether they will head to good or bad ends on return to Him at the Rebirth’

The jinn also said of their kind ‘some of us are believers and some ignore Guidance

We believing ones know we can’t escape God, and turn to Him in full compliance

The wrongdoers have hell but whoever believes need not fear injustice or loss of any kind

Wise guidance has been given to those who believe in God, and keep Him in mind.’

Prophet,

If the Meccans would believe –

There will be water they’ll receive

As We would send the rain again,

That We’ve withheld for 7 years

As a clear

Test for them and anyone that turns from Revelation then

Will be spun away into an agonizing fiery torment.

And know

The places of worship are for God’s remembrance alone

And when Muhammad rose to recite the Quran , in Batn Nakhl, which many Jinn call home

They were so eager to hear revelation they pressed around him in numbers and it was said

‘This sounds like the scripture that the Prophet Moses once read!’

And when the Meccans told Muhammad to turn away from Me

He replied ‘I pray to God alone and will call others to do the same unashamedly!

Oh Meccans, I can only warn;

I cannot of myself keep harm from you or bring you any good thing

Nor could anyone of you save me from God’s punishment, if I were to ever disobey Him.'

Indeed!

Whoever disobeys God and the Messenger will have a terrible end

And the disbelievers will see what I promised and see only I can offer protection then

When the disbelievers ask you of this ‘end’ saying ‘when is it coming - tell us the time?’

Reply ‘The Lord has set it, but as for it being near or far, that is not knowledge of mine.’

God alone knows what is hidden from mankind and reveals what He wills to angels

And to messengers to deliver God’s words, warning and reminder of His favours

He has knowledge of all things, and of all things He keeps a full written account

And He has prepared a fitting reward for those who do good, the righteous, the devout.