Al-Jinn 72:4

<h2>Which was revealed in Makkah</h2><div class="arabic uthmani">بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ </div><p>(In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.</p><h2>The Jinns listening to the Qur'an and Their Belief in It</h2><p>Allah commands His Messenger to inform his people that the Jinns listened to the Qur'an, believed in it, affirmed its truthfulness and adhered to it. So Allah says,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">قُلْ أُوحِىَ إِلَىَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُواْ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْءَانَاً عَجَباً يَهْدِى إِلَى الرُّشْدِ</div><p>(Say: "It has been revealed to me that a group of Jinn listened. They said: `Verily, we have heard a wonderful Recitation! It guides to the right path"') meaning, to what is correct and success.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَـَامَنَّا بِهِ وَلَن نُّشرِكَ بِرَبِّنَآ أَحَداً</div><p>(and we have believed therein, and we shall never join anything with our Lord.) This position (that they took) is similar to what Allah said,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَإِذْ صَرَفْنَآ إِلَيْكَ نَفَراً مِّنَ الْجِنِّ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقُرْءَانَ</div><p>(And when We sent towards you a group of the Jinns listening to the Qur'an.) (46:29) We have already presented the Hadiths that have been narrated concerning this, so there is no need to repeat them here. Concerning Allah's statement,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَأَنَّهُ تَعَـلَى جَدُّ رَبِّنَا</div><p>(And He, exalted be the Jadd of our …

And that the foolish one among us used to speak concerning Allah an atrocious lie.

'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against Allah;

'And that the foolish among us [i.e. Iblis (Satan) or the polytheists amongst the jinns] used to utter against Allah that which was wrong and not right.

But the fools among us used to say nonsense about God.