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Al-Jinn (The Jinn)

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وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطًۭا﴿٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And that our foolish one has been saying about Allah an excessive transgression.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَنَّهُۥwa-annahuAnd that he
كَانَkānaused to
يَقُولُyaqūluspeak
سَفِيهُنَاsafīhunāthe foolish among us
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
شَطَطًۭاshaṭaṭanan excessive transgression

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ (In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.The Jinns listening to the Qur'an and Their Belief in ItAllah 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.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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