وَٱلۡجَآنَّ
خَلَقۡنَٰهُ
مِن
قَبۡلُ
مِن
نَّارِ
ٱلسَّمُومِ
٢٧
As for the jinn, We created them earlier from smokeless fire.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Substances from which Mankind and Jinns were created
Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and Qatadah said that Salsal means dry mud. The apparent meaning is similar to the Ayah:
خَلَقَ الإِنسَنَ مِن صَلْصَلٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ - وَخَلَقَ الْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
(He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like
…The Substances from which Mankind and Jinns were created
Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and Qatadah said that Salsal means dry mud. The apparent meaning is simila
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