NAME: الجن, Al-Jinn.
Name applied to whole Surah as in it there is an account of a party of Jinn and their dialogues between themselves regarding hearing of Quran etc.
ENGLISH NAME: The Jinn.
CHAPTER NUMBER: 72
SURAH JINN TOTAL VERSES: 28
SURAH JINN TOTAL WORDS: 286
TOTAL UNIQUE WORDS WITHOUT REPETITION: 201
TOTAL LETTERS: 1,109
REVELATION PERIOD:
Meccan, Approx. 615 – 620 AD.
MAIN CHARACTERS:
God, Prophet Muhammad, Jinns, Humans, Guardians with Messengers.
SURAH JINN MAIN TOPICS:
An Assembly of Jinn Heard The Quran, Their Dialogues With Each other regarding God, Their Beliefs and Regarding Some Important Event Because of which They Found The Heaven More Guarded Than Before, God May Tell Unseen To His Messengers, Then He Put Guardians Over Them.
SURAH JINN KEY VERSES:
١ قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا
1 Say, [O Muhammad], “It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, ‘Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur’an.
٥ وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ تَقُولَ الْإِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا
5 And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allah a lie.
١١ وَأَنَّا مِنَّا الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ كُنَّا طَرَائِقَ قِدَدًا
11 And among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.
٢٦ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِ أَحَدًا
26 [He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone
٢٧ إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضَىٰ مِنْ رَسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْلُكُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ رَصَدًا
27 Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before each messenger and behind him observers
SUMMARY OF TOPICS
1-3(Wahi/Revelation To Prophet Muhammad, That An Assembly of Jinn Heard The Quran, And Much Inspired), 4-5(Jinn Dialogues With Each other: We will never associate with our Lord anyone), 6(Jinn Dialogues With Each other: Their are Humans Who Sought Protection In Jinns, Thus Increased Us In Transgression), 8-10(Jinn Dialogues With Each other: This Time When We Sought Heaven We Found It Guarded, A Burning Flame In Wait For Us, No Knowledge Of Whats Going To Happen On Earth), 11(Jinn Dialogues With Each other: Among Us There are Some Righteous And Some Of Different Religions), 12(We Know That We Cannot Escape