سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 130
يَـٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِى وَيُنذِرُونَكُمْ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَـٰذَا ۚ قَالُوا۟ شَهِدْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِنَا ۖ وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَشَهِدُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿130﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O you assembly of jinn and mankind! "Did not there come to you Messengers from amongst you, reciting unto you My Verses and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say: "We bear witness against ourselves." It was the life of this world that deceived them. And they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰمَعْشَرَ
yāmaʿshara
O assembly
ٱلْجِنِّ
l-jini
(of) [the] jinn
وَٱلْإِنسِ
wal-insi
and [the] men
أَلَمْ
alam
Did (there) not
يَأْتِكُمْ
yatikum
come to you
رُسُلٌۭ
rusulun
Messengers
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
from (among) you
يَقُصُّونَ
yaquṣṣūna
relating
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
to you
ءَايَـٰتِى
āyātī
My Verses
وَيُنذِرُونَكُمْ
wayundhirūnakum
and warning you
لِقَآءَ
liqāa
(of the) meeting
يَوْمِكُمْ
yawmikum
(of) your day
هَـٰذَا ۚ
hādhā
this
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They will say
شَهِدْنَا
shahid'nā
We bear witness
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
against
أَنفُسِنَا ۖ
anfusinā
ourselves
وَغَرَّتْهُمُ
wagharrathumu
And deluded them
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ
l-ḥayatu
the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
وَشَهِدُوا۟
washahidū
and they will bear witness
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
against
أَنفُسِهِمْ
anfusihim
themselves
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
that they
كَانُوا۟
kānū
were
كَـٰفِرِينَ
kāfirīna
disbelievers
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130. Then Allah will say to them, "O assembly of jinn and mankind! Did there not come to you messengers from among yourselves, reciting My verses to you and warning you of the meeting of this Day [138]?" They will say, "Yes, we bear witness against ourselves." The life of this world deceived them, and they will bear witness against themselves that they were indeed disbelievers in the signs of Allah.
[138]
The Chain of Prophethood is Now Only Among Humans:
Before humans, only jinn inhabited this earth, and it is reasonable to assume that messengers were sent among them as well. But after humans settled on earth, the chain of prophethood became exclusive to humans. The messenger who is sent for humans is also sent for the jinn. The reason messengers come from among humans is that humans are the noblest of all creatures, not the jinn. And the jinn can benefit from the messenger because the messenger is a human who cannot change his form. But if the messenger were from among the jinn, humans would not be able to benefit from him. Thus, it is established from two places in the Quran that the Messenger of Allah is also a messenger for the jinn. It is mentioned in Surah Ahqaf and also in Surah Jinn.
[138]
The Chain of Prophethood is Now Only Among Humans:
Before humans, only jinn inhabited this earth, and it is reasonable to assume that messengers were sent among them as well. But after humans settled on earth, the chain of prophethood became exclusive to humans. The messenger who is sent for humans is also sent for the jinn. The reason messengers come from among humans is that humans are the noblest of all creatures, not the jinn. And the jinn can benefit from the messenger because the messenger is a human who cannot change his form. But if the messenger were from among the jinn, humans would not be able to benefit from him. Thus, it is established from two places in the Quran that the Messenger of Allah is also a messenger for the jinn. It is mentioned in Surah Ahqaf and also in Surah Jinn.
