Verse 2
The Jinn • makkah
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قُلْ أُوحِىَ إِلَىَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْءَانًا عَجَبًا
46:30.
Important Words:
جن (jinn) is derived from جن (Janna) which means, it veiled, concealed, covered or protected him or it. جن (jinn) means, such beings as remain aloof from the people concealing themselves; strangers; the main or chief part or body of mankind, etc. (Lane & Aqrab). See also 6:101,129 and 27:18.
Commentary:
The reference in the words "a company of the jinn" may be to a party of Jews of Nasibin. They were non-Arabs and being strangers they have been called جن (jinn) which word among other things means, a stranger. The incident mentioned in the verse seems to be different from the one referred to in vv. 46:30-33, though the verse is taken by some authorities to refer to those verses; the words put in the mouth of "a company of the jinn" mentioned in the present verse having a seeming resemblance with the words spoken by "a party of the jinn" referred to in vv. 46:30-33.
The word جن also meaning a large body of mankind, the verse may be taken as embodying a prophecy that at sometime in future large numbers of men from among the powerful nations of the world will accept Islam.
46:31.
See {2733}.
The reference may be to a party of the Jews of Nasibain. They were non-Arabs and being strangers they have been called "jinn" which word among other things means, a stranger (Lane). The incident mentioned in this verse seems to be different from the one referred to in 46:30-33, though the verse is taken by some authorities to refer to those verses, because the words put in the mouth of 'a company of the jinn' in the present verse possess a seeming resemblance with the words spoken by a party of the jinn referred to in 46:30-33.