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Al-Jinn (The Jinn)

Verse 8of 28

وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًۭا شَدِيدًۭا وَشُهُبًۭا﴿٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَنَّاwa-annāAnd that we
لَمَسْنَاlamasnāsought to touch
ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe heaven
فَوَجَدْنَـٰهَاfawajadnāhābut we found it
مُلِئَتْmuli-atfilled (with)
حَرَسًۭاḥarasanguards
شَدِيدًۭاshadīdansevere
وَشُهُبًۭاwashuhubanand flaming fires

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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