Al-Jinn (The Jinn)

11. 'And there are amongst us some that are righteous and some impious; we are groups having different ways.

12. 'And we are certain that we cannot overcome Allah’s Will on the earth nor can we flee His Omnipotence.

The blessed Verses in question reflect that the believing jinn, having acknowledged Divine Revelation, perceive their weakness, free choice, and Divine Majesty and Omnipotence.

The blessed Verse 11, resuming the believing jinn’s speech on the occasion of calling those in error amongst them, is thus quoting them:

“And there are amongst us some that are righteous and some impious; we are groups having different ways.”

The blessed Verse may allude that the existence of Iblis amongst the jinn may create in some the false impression that evil, corruption, and mischief are in their nature, impeding them to avail themselves of the Light of Guidance.

The believing amongst the jinn thereby reflect that they are also free to choose, since there are righteous and impious ones amongst them. Therefore, they are prepared by nature to find Guidance. Respecting others may lead to further receptivity of propagation though which the group may be paved for guidance and perfection.

The blessed Verse rectifies our assumptions concerning the jinn, since the word jinn connotes mischief, corruption, deviation, and error for some people; though the fact is that there exist different groups of the jinn, righteous and impious. The Arabic word qidad denotes “severed, separate” connoting different, separate groups.

The blessed Verse 12 reflects that the believing jinn proceed to warn others by saying:

“And we are certain that we cannot overcome Allah’s Will on the earth nor can we flee His Omnipotence.”

In other words, it would be quite unfounded to claim that one may flee Divine chastisement by escaping to some point on the earth or in the heavens. Thus, the former clause makes a reference to escaping Divine Omnipotence by resorting to some place on the earth, though the latter implies escaping from the earth and the heaven.

Another possibility is also suggested as per which the former implies that it would be impossible to overcome the Lord and the latter reflects that it would be impossible to flee from Divine Justice. Thus, when there is no way to overcome God Almighty nor to flee from Him, there remains no other choice but to submit to His Just Command.