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Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 128 (6:128)

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وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ قَدِ ٱسْتَكْثَرْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ ۖ وَقَالَ …

Quran 6:128 is ayah 128 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 144 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:128
وَيَوْمَيَحْشُرُهُمْجَمِيعًايَٰمَعْشَرَٱلْجِنِّقَدِٱسْتَكْثَرْتُممِّنَٱلْإِنسِ ۖوَقَالَأَوْلِيَآؤُهُممِّنَٱلْإِنسِرَبَّنَاٱسْتَمْتَعَبَعْضُنَابِبَعْضٍوَبَلَغْنَآأَجَلَنَاٱلَّذِىٓأَجَّلْتَلَنَا ۚقَالَٱلنَّارُمَثْوَىٰكُمْخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَآإِلَّامَاشَآءَٱللَّهُ ۗإِنَّرَبَّكَحَكِيمٌعَلِيمٌ١٢٨
wayawma yaḥshuruhum jamīʿan yāmaʿshara l-jini qadi is'takthartum mina l-insi waqāla awliyāuhum mina l-insi rabbanā is'tamtaʿa baʿḍunā bibaʿḍin wabalaghnā ajalanā alladhī ajjalta lanā qāla l-nāru mathwākum khālidīna fīhā illā mā shāa l-lahu inna rabbaka ḥakīmun ʿalīmun

And [mention, O Muḥammad], the Day when He will gather them together [and say], "O company of jinn, you have [misled] many of mankind." And their allies among mankind will say, "Our Lord, some of us made use of others, and we have [now] reached our term which You appointed for us." He will say, "The Fire is your residence, wherein you will abide eternally, except for what Allāh wills. Indeed, your Lord is Wise and Knowing."(128)

Word by word

  1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
  2. يَحْشُرُهُمْyaḥshuruhumHe will gather them
  3. جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall
  4. يَٰمَعْشَرَyāmaʿshara(and will say), "O assembly
  5. ٱلْجِنِّl-jini(of) [the] jinn
  6. قَدِqadiCertainly
  7. ٱسْتَكْثَرْتُمis'takthartumyou have (misled) many
  8. مِّنَminaof
  9. ٱلْإِنسِ ۖl-insithe mankind
  10. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd will say
  11. أَوْلِيَآؤُهُمawliyāuhumtheir friends
  12. مِّنَminaamong
  13. ٱلْإِنسِl-insithe men
  14. رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
  15. ٱسْتَمْتَعَis'tamtaʿaprofited
  16. بَعْضُنَاbaʿḍunāsome of us
  17. بِبَعْضٍbibaʿḍinby others
  18. وَبَلَغْنَآwabalaghnāand we have reached
  19. أَجَلَنَاajalanāour term
  20. ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīwhich
  21. أَجَّلْتَajjaltaYou appointed
  22. لَنَا ۚlanāfor us
  23. قَالَqālaHe will say
  24. ٱلنَّارُl-nāruThe Fire
  25. مَثْوَىٰكُمْmathwākum(is) your abode
  26. خَٰلِدِينَkhālidīnawill abide forever
  27. فِيهَآfīhāin it
  28. إِلَّاillāexcept
  29. مَاmā(for) what
  30. شَآءَshāawills
  31. ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahuAllah
  32. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  33. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
  34. حَكِيمٌḥakīmun(is) All-Wise
  35. عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knowing

Tafsir (commentary) of 6:128

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وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعاً

(on the Day when He will gather them (all) together.) gather the Jinns and their loyal supporters from mankind who used to worship them in this life, seek refuge with them, obey them and inspire each other with adorned, deceitful speech. Allah will proclaim then,

يَـمَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ قَدِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُم مِّنَ الإِنْسِ

(O you assembly of Jinn! Many did you mislead of men,) So the Ayah;

قَدِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُم مِّنَ الإِنْسِ

(Many did you mislead of men) refers to their misguiding and leading them astray. Allah also said;

أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يبَنِى ءَادَمَ أَن لاَّ تَعْبُدُواْ الشَّيطَـنَ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ - وَأَنِ اعْبُدُونِى هَـذَا صِرَطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ - وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنْكُمْ جِبِلاًّ كَثِيراً أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُواْ تَعْقِلُونَ

(Did I not command you, O Children of Adam, that you should not worship Shaytan. Verily, he is a plain enemy to you. And that you should worship Me. That is the straight path. And indeed he (Shaytan) did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did you not, then, understand) 36:60-62, and

وَقَالَ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُم مِّنَ الإِنْسِ رَبَّنَا اسْتَمْتَعَ بَعْضُنَا بِبَعْضٍ

(and their friends among the people will say: "Our Lord! We benefited one from the other...") The friends of the Jinns among humanity will give this answer to Allah, after Allah chastises them for being misguided by the Jinns. Al-Hasan commented, "They benefited from each other when the Jinns merely commanded and mankind obeyed." Ibn Jurayj said, "During the time of Jahiliyyah, a man would reach a land and proclaim, `I seek refuge with the master (Jinn) of this valley,' and this is how they benefited from each other. They used this as an excuse for them on the Day of Resurrection." Therefore, the Jinns benefit from humans since humans revere the Jinns by invoking them for help. The Jinns would then proclaim, "We became the masters of both mankind and the Jinns."

وَبَلَغْنَآ أَجَلَنَا الَّذِى أَجَّلْتَ لَنَا

(but now we have reached our appointed term which You did appoint for us.) meaning, death, according to As-Suddi.

قَالَ النَّارُ مَثْوَاكُمْ

(He (Allah) will say: "The Fire be your dwelling place...") where you will reside and live, you and your friends,

خَـلِدِينَ فِيهَآ

(you will dwell therein forever. ) and will never depart except what Allah may will.

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