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‘Company of jinn, you gained many followers you take him and his offspring as protectors apart
among mankind.’ And their friends among from Me when they are your enemy? How evil is
mankind will say, ‘Our Lord, we benefited from the exchange the wrongdoers make! (18:50)
one another, and now we have reached the term Sulayman’s troops, made up of jinn and men and
which You determined for us.’ He will say, ‘The birds, were assembled for him, paraded in tight
Fire is your home. You will be in it timelessly, for ranks. (27:17)
ever, except as Allah wills. Your Lord is All-Wise, A demon of the jinn said, ‘I will bring it to you
All-Knowing.’ (6:128) before you get up from your seat. I am strong and
Company of jinn and men! Did not Messengers trustworthy enough to do it.’ (27:39)
come to you from among yourselves relating My ‘Had We so willed We could have given guid-
Signs to you and warning you of the encounter of ance to everyone, but now My Words are shown
this Day of yours? They will say, ‘We testify to be true: that I shall fill up Hell entirely with
against ourselves.’ The life of this world deluded jinn and human beings.’ (32:13)
them and they will testify against themselves that And We gave Sulayman power over the wind–a
they were disbelievers. (6:130) month’s journey in the morning and a month in
He will say, ‘Enter the Fire together with the na- the afternoon. And We made a fount of molten
tions of jinn and men who have passed away be- brass flow out for him. And some of the jinn
fore you.’ Each time a nation enters, it will curse worked in front of him by his Lord’s permission.
its sister nation, until, when they are all gathered And if a single one of them deviates at all from
together in it, the last of them will say to the first, Our command, We let him taste the punishment
‘Our Lord, those are the ones who misguided us, of the Searing Blaze. (34:12)
so give them a double punishment in the Fire.’ Then when We decreed that he (Sulayman)
He will say, ‘Each will receive double. But you should die, nothing divulged his death to them
do not know it.’ (7:38) except the worm which ate his staff; so that when
We created many of the jinn and mankind for he fell down it was made clear to the jinn that if
Hell. They have hearts they do not understand they had truly had knowledge of the Unseen they
with. They have eyes they do not see with. They need not have stayed there suffering humiliating
have ears they do not hear with. Such people are punishment. (34:14)
like cattle. No, they are even further astray! They They will say, ‘Glory be to You! You are our
are the unaware. (7:179) Protector, not them. No, they were worshipping
If your Lord had wanted to, He would have made the jinn. They mostly had faith in them.’ (34:41)
mankind into one community but they persist in They claim there is a blood-tie between Him and
their differences, except for those your Lord has the jinn but the jinn know very well that they will
mercy on. That is what He created them for–so be arraigned. (37:158)
that the Word of your Lord would be fulfilled: ‘I We have assigned close comrades to them who
will fill up Hell with the jinn and mankind all to- have made what is before them and behind them
gether.’ (11:118-119) seem good to them. And the statement about the
We created the jinn before out of the fire of a nations, both of jinn and men, who passed away
searing wind. (15:27) before them has proved true of them as well.
Say: ‘If both men and jinn banded together to Certainly they were lost. (41:25)
produce the like of this Qur'an, they could never Those who disbelieve say, ‘Our Lord, show us
produce anything like it, even if they backed those jinn and men who misguided us and we
each other up.’ (17:88) will place them beneath our feet so that they will
When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate your- be among the lowest of the low.’ (41:29)
selves to Adam,’ they prostrated with the excep- Those are people of whom the statement about
tion of Diabolis. He was one of the jinn and the nations, both of jinn and men, who passed
wantonly deviated from his Lord’s command. Do away before them, has also proved true; truly
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