ٱلْجِنّ : ١

  • قُلۡ Say
  • أُوحِيَ It has been revealed
  • إِلَيَّ to me
  • أَنَّهُ that
  • ٱسۡتَمَعَ listened
  • نَفَرٞ a group
  • مِّنَ of
  • ٱلۡجِنِّ the jinn
  • فَقَالُوٓاْ and they said
  • إِنَّا Indeed we
  • سَمِعۡنَا heard
  • قُرۡءَانًا a Quran
  • عَجَبٗا amazing
Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].
Al-Jinn (the Jinn) Meccan, consisting of 28 verses. Say, O Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him, to people: 'It has been revealed to me, that is to say, I have been informed by way of revelation from God, exalted be He, that (annahu: the [suffixed] pronoun is that of the matter) a company of the jinn, the jinn of Naseebeen. This was at the time of the morning prayer at Batn Nakhla, a location between Mecca and Taa'if - these [jinn] being those mentioned in God's saying, And when We sent a company of jinn your way.' [Q. 46:29] - listened, to my recitation, then said, to their people upon returning to them: "We have indeed heard a marvellous Qur'aan, whose clarity, the richness of its meanings and other aspects one marvels at,