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Al-Jinn (The Jinn)

Verse 6of 28

وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًۭا﴿٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَنَّهُۥwa-annahuAnd that
كَانَkāna(there) were
رِجَالٌۭrijālunmen
مِّنَminaamong
ٱلْإِنسِl-insimankind
يَعُوذُونَyaʿūdhūnawho sought refuge
بِرِجَالٍۢbirijālinin (the) men
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
فَزَادُوهُمْfazādūhumso they increased them
رَهَقًۭاrahaqan(in) burden

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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