سورة الحِجر
Surah Al-Hijr 15:27
The Rock · Verse 27 of 99
وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ مِنْ نَارِ السَّمُومِ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And We created the jinn before (him) from the fire of intensely hot wind.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.
Ahmed Ali
As We fashioned jinns before from intense radiated heat.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
And the jinn We had created before, from smokeless, scorching fire penetrating through the skin.
Daryabadi
And the Jinn, We had created them afore of the fire of the scroching wind.
Faridul Haque
And created the jinn before him, from smokeless fire.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the jinn, We created before of intensely hot fire.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And the jinn WE have created before of the fire of hot wind.
Muhammad Asad
whereas the invisible beings We had created, [long] before that, out of the fire of scorching winds.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And the jinn, We created aforetime from the smokeless flame of fire.
Muhammad Pickthall
And the jinn did We create aforetime of essential fire.
Muhammad Sarwar
and the jinn before (the human being) of smokeless fire.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And the jinn We created before, of intensely hot fire.
Rashad Khalifa
As for the jinns, we created them, before that, from blazing fire.
Shabbir Ahmed
Before humanity became civilized, We had placed in them a fiery disposition. See Jinn – Surah 72, note)
Commentary 15:27 Ja’ân الْجَانَّ is the plural form of jinn جِن, derived from janna éجَنَ and can be used in transitive as well as intransitive form. It mean to be dark,…
وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ السَّمُومِ
15:27 Ja’ân الْجَانَّ is the plural form of jinn جِن, derived from janna éجَنَ and can be used in transitive as well as intransitive form. It mean to be dark, to cover, wrap, conceal, to be mad, be covered, to be hidden from, or to be over-excited. These are attributes opposite to those of insân as described in the above verse. The term jinn has numerous possible interpretations: genius, a hidden thing, intense or confusing darkness, or inspiration by evil thought. The word is also used for imaginary beings that the infidels worship. In the Holy Qur’ân the word is also used for the people of remote places living apart from other civilized peoples, people who inhabited the earth in prehistoric times, without laws or rules of conduct – uncivilized and uncultivated in manners opposite to the characteristics of insânإنسان described above. It was a gradual evolution from the stage of jinn to insân. The words مِن قَبْلُ - “before this” - direct our attention to this understanding. In the narration of Adam, we are told that Iblîs, who belonged to the category of jinn, already existed at the time when Allâh, out of His Holy Intention, created insân, who was then perfected to the stage of Adam – a perfect human being recipient of Divine Discourse. The jinn stage was created before any civilized being developed. The Insân-i-Kâmil called Adam laid the foundation of the spiritual civilization or Sharî‘at.
Ja’ânالْجَانَّ are definitely not ghosts or spirits as many people assume. Zubair ibn Abî Salmâ has used the word jinn for people who are uncivilized, peerless, or those having no match or equal. Tabrîzî writes in his book Sharh al-Hamâsah that a jinn is a being who is highly potent, shrewd and possessed of great powers and abilities. Expressions like “Whatever hides or conceals or covers”, “whatever remains hidden or becomes invisible”, and “things or beings that remain aloof from the people as if remaining concealed from eyes of the common folk” correspond to the way in which Zubair uses the word. Junnatun جُنٌة denotes a covering, shield, or protection. Janîn جنين is its plural. Ajinntun أجِنٌة signifies embryo, fetus or anything hidden. Janûn جنون is madness, insanity, diabolical fury, or passion. Majnûn مجنون indicates madness, to be possessed or a luxuriant (plant). Jannatun çجنة is used to describe Paradise as a hidden garden.