Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Jinn, Ayah 1
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And from his narration on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that he said regarding the interpretation of Allah's saying (Say (O Muhammad): It is revealed unto me): '(Say (O Muhammad): It is revealed unto me) say, O Muhammad, to the disbelievers of Mecca that Gabriel has come down and informed me (that a company of the jinn) nine of the jinn of Nusaybin which is near Yemen (gave ear, and they said) after accepting faith and returning to their folk: O our folk! (Lo! it is a marvellous Qur'an) we have listened to the recitation of a marvellous, illustrious and noble Qur'an which resembles the Scripture of Moses, this is because they were followers of the Torah,
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
Say O Muhammad (s) 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 Nasībīn. This was at the time of the morning prayer at Batn Nakhla a location between Mecca and Tā’if — these jinn being those mentioned in God’s saying And when We sent a company of jinn your way…’ Q. 4629 — listened to my recitation then said to their people upon returning to them “We have indeed heard a marvellous Qur’ān whose clarity the richness of its meanings and other aspects one marvels at