Al-Jinn (The Jinn)

7. 'And they thought as you thought that Allah would not send any Messenger.

8. 'And we have sought to reach the heaven, but found it filled with stern guards and blazing arrows.

Proceeding with relating the words of the believing jinn who other jinn to convert to the Islamic faith in different ways, the blessed Verse says:

“And some men, like you, imagined that God Almighty would not appoint anyone to the Prophetic call [after Moses (as) and Jesus (as)] and thereby belied the Holy Qur’an and the Prophetic call of the Noble Prophet of the Islamic faith (S). However, it was through listening to the blessed Verses of this Divine Scripture that we clearly noticed its veracity. Beware of disbelieving in God Almighty, like the polytheist men, and meet their dire fate.”

The blessed Verse warns the polytheists that the jinn employ such line of argument and reach such conclusion and it is expected that men also awaken and believe in the Noble Prophet (S) and the Holy Qur’an.

The blessed Verse 8 makes a reference to the believing jinn who make mention of one of the proofs of the veracity of their words, comprehensible to all the jinn in the natural world, saying:

“We have sought to reach the heaven, but found it filled with stern guards and blazing arrows.” The Arabic word lams herein connotes search and quest and the nominal form haras is the plural form of haris (“guard”).