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Al-Jinn (The Jinn)

Verse 10of 28

وَأَنَّا لَا نَدْرِىٓ أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ أَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَدًۭا﴿١٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And we do not know [therefore] whether evil is intended for those on earth or whether their Lord intends for them a right course.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَنَّاwa-annāAnd that we
لَاnot
نَدْرِىٓnadrīwe know
أَشَرٌّasharrunwhether evil
أُرِيدَurīdais intended
بِمَنbimanfor (those) who
فِى(are) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
أَمْamor
أَرَادَarādaintends
بِهِمْbihimfor them
رَبُّهُمْrabbuhumtheir Lord
رَشَدًۭاrashadana right path

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Jinns stealing Information from the Sky before the the Messenger ﷺ was sent and striking Them with flaming Fire after His Coming.Allah informs about the Jinns when He sent His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ and revealed the Qur'an to him. Among the ways He protected it (the Qur'an) was by filling sky with stern guards guarding it from all of its sides. The devils were then expelled from the places where they used to sit prior to that.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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