سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 128
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا يَـٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ قَدِ ٱسْتَكْثَرْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ ۖ وَقَالَ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ رَبَّنَا ٱسْتَمْتَعَ بَعْضُنَا بِبَعْضٍ وَبَلَغْنَآ أَجَلَنَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَجَّلْتَ لَنَا ۚ قَالَ ٱلنَّارُ مَثْوَىٰكُمْ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿128﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And on the Day when He will gather them (all) together (and say): "O you assembly of jinn! Many did you mislead of men," and their Auliyâ’ (friends and helpers) amongst men will say: "Our Lord! We benefited one from the other, but now we have reached our appointed term which You did appoint for us." He will say: "The Fire be your dwelling-place, you will dwell therein forever, except as Allâh may will. Certainly your Lord is All-Wise, All-Knowing."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَيَوْمَ
wayawma
And (the) Day
يَحْشُرُهُمْ
yaḥshuruhum
He will gather them
جَمِيعًۭا
jamīʿan
all
يَـٰمَعْشَرَ
yāmaʿshara
(and will say), "O assembly
ٱلْجِنِّ
l-jini
(of) [the] jinn
قَدِ
qadi
Certainly
ٱسْتَكْثَرْتُم
is'takthartum
you have (misled) many
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْإِنسِ ۖ
l-insi
the mankind
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And will say
أَوْلِيَآؤُهُم
awliyāuhum
their friends
مِّنَ
mina
among
ٱلْإِنسِ
l-insi
the men
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
ٱسْتَمْتَعَ
is'tamtaʿa
profited
بَعْضُنَا
baʿḍunā
some of us
بِبَعْضٍۢ
bibaʿḍin
by others
وَبَلَغْنَآ
wabalaghnā
and we have reached
أَجَلَنَا
ajalanā
our term
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
which
أَجَّلْتَ
ajjalta
You appointed
لَنَا ۚ
lanā
for us
قَالَ
qāla
He will say
ٱلنَّارُ
l-nāru
The Fire
مَثْوَىٰكُمْ
mathwākum
(is) your abode
خَـٰلِدِينَ
khālidīna
will abide forever
فِيهَآ
fīhā
in it
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَا
mā
(for) what
شَآءَ
shāa
wills
ٱللَّهُ ۗ
l-lahu
Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
حَكِيمٌ
ḥakīmun
(is) All-Wise
عَلِيمٌۭ
ʿalīmun
All-Knowing
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
128. 1. That is, you have led a very large number of humans astray and made them your followers. Just as Allah Almighty has said in Surah Ya-Sin: "O children of Adam, did I not warn you not to worship Satan? He is your open enemy, and that you should worship only Me; this is the straight path. And Satan has led a very large number of you astray. Will you not then understand?" (یٰسین۔ 60، 62).
128. 2. What benefit did the jinn and humans derive from each other? Two meanings have been stated. The benefit of the jinn from humans is that they derived pleasure by making them their followers, and the benefit of humans from the jinn is that Satan made sins appear attractive to them, which they accepted and remained entangled in the pleasure of sins. The second meaning is that humans continued to affirm those unseen reports that were spread as soothsaying by the devils and jinn. Thus, the jinn deceived humans and took advantage of them, and these same humans enjoyed the false conjectural statements narrated by the jinn, and people of the soothsayer type derived worldly benefits from them.
128. 3. That is, the Day of Judgment has occurred, which we did not believe in during the world. In response, Allah Almighty will say that now Hell is your eternal abode.
128. 2. What benefit did the jinn and humans derive from each other? Two meanings have been stated. The benefit of the jinn from humans is that they derived pleasure by making them their followers, and the benefit of humans from the jinn is that Satan made sins appear attractive to them, which they accepted and remained entangled in the pleasure of sins. The second meaning is that humans continued to affirm those unseen reports that were spread as soothsaying by the devils and jinn. Thus, the jinn deceived humans and took advantage of them, and these same humans enjoyed the false conjectural statements narrated by the jinn, and people of the soothsayer type derived worldly benefits from them.
128. 3. That is, the Day of Judgment has occurred, which we did not believe in during the world. In response, Allah Almighty will say that now Hell is your eternal abode.
