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.
Tafseer
{ قل } يا محمد للناس { أُحي إليَّ } أي أخبرت بالوحي من الله تعالى { أنه } الضمير للشأن { استمع } لقراءتي { نفر من الجن } جن نصيبين وذلك في صلاة الصبح ببطن نخل، موضوع بين مكة والطائف، وهم الذين ذكروا في قوله تعالى (وإذ صرفنا إليك نفرا من الجن) الآية { فقالوا } لقومهم لما رجعوا إليهم { إنا سمعنا قرآنا عجب } يتعجب منه في فصاحته وغزارة معانيه وغير ذلك.
{Say} O Muhammad to the people, {It has been revealed to me} that is, I have been informed of the revelation from God Almighty {that} the pronoun refers to the matter {listened} to my recitation {a group of jinn} the jinn of Nasibin, and that was during the dawn prayer in Batn Nakhl, located between Mecca and Taif, and they are the ones mentioned in the words of God Almighty (And when We turned to you a group of jinn) the verse {and they said} to their people when they returned to them {Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur’an}, one is amazed by its eloquence, the abundance of its meanings, and other things.
