Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Jinn, Ayah 19
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And that annahu; or innahu as a new sentence the pronoun being that of the matter when the servant of God the Prophet Muhammad (s) rose to invoke Him to worship Him at Batn Nakhla they that is the jinn listening to his recitation were almost upon him in heaps libadan or lubadan the plural of libda or lubda like felt in the way they were heaped on top of one another crowding in their eagerness to listen to the Qur’ān.
Related Hadiths
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prostrated himself (while reciting these verses)." When the heaven burst asunder" ;" Read in the name of Thy Lord".
That they were sitting with the Messenger of Allah when a funeral appeared. The Messenger of Allah stood up, and those who were with him stood up, until it had passed by.
The nearest a servant come to his Lord is when he is prostrating himself, so make supplication often.
"We prostrated with the Messenger of Allah in: 'Read! In the Name of your Lord' and 'When the heaven is split asunder.'"
“We prostrated with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in “When the heaven is split asunder” and “Read! In the Name of your Lord.”
"We prostrated with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) during: When the heaven is split asunder and Read! In the Name of your Lord."
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The nearest a servant comes to his Lord is when he is prostrating himself, so make supplication (in this state).
"I prostrated with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) during; 'When the heaven is split asunder' and 'Read! In the Name of your Lord.'"
"The Prophet (S) stood (in prayer) with an Ayah from the Qur'an at night"
They (the Companions) said prayer with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and they bowed when he (the Holy Prophet) bowed. and when he raised his head after bowing, he pronounced:" Allah listened to him who ...
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And when the slave of Allah) Muhammad (pbuh) (stood up) in Batn Nakhl (in prayer to Him) to worship Allah through prayer, (they crowded on him, almost stifling) the jinn almost fell on him because of their love of the Qur'an and Muhammad (pbuh) when they heard him recite the Qur'an in Batn Nakhl.