Transliteration:( Yaa qawmanaaa ajeeboo daa'iyal laahi wa aaminoo bihee yaghfir lakum min zunoobikum wa yujirkum min 'azaabin aleem )
"O our people, respond [88] to Allah's Summoner and believe in Him that He may forgive [89] some of your sins and save you from the painful [90] punishment".
The "Summoner to Allah" refers to the Holy Prophet ﷺ, whose invitation was directed not only towards the Attributes of Allah (as with earlier Prophets), but towards His Divine Essence. This makes the call of the Holy Prophet ﷺ universal and superior.
The phrase "some of your sins" implies forgiveness for all sins prior to embracing Islam, except for those that concern violations of human rights, which require separate rectification. Hence, the Qur'an mentions partial forgiveness in such contexts.
From this we understand the opinion of Imam Abu Hanifa (رحمه الله) that Jinns do not enter Paradise, but rather their reward is deliverance from Hellfire.
The jinns themselves mention salvation from punishment as their ultimate reward, and Allah does not refute this in the Qur'an.
There is no explicit verse stating that Jinns will enter Paradise.
Hell is explicitly promised for sinful jinns, as in: “Indeed, We have created for Hell many jinn and humans” (Surah A'raf, 7:179).
Since Paradise is the inheritance of Adam (عليه السلام), it is argued that only his children (i.e. humans) will be admitted therein, and the Vision of Allah is exclusive to believing humans—not angels or jinns.
There are, however, three scholarly views regarding believing jinns:
They will enter Paradise, like believing humans.
They will not enter Paradise, but dwell in the A‘raaf (Heights) and feel its cool breeze.
They will be annihilated, similar to how animals are treated in the Hereafter.
The third opinion aligns most consistently with the implications of this verse.
The tafsir of Surah Ahqaf verse 31 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Ahqaf ayat 29 which provides the complete commentary from verse 29 through 32.
(46:31) Our people, respond to the call of him who calls you to Allah and believe in him. Allah will forgive your sins and will protect you from a grievous chastisement.”[35]
35. Authentic traditions show that after this several deputations of the jinns visited the Prophet (peace be upon him), one after the other, and met him face to face. When all the traditions related in the collections of Hadith on this subject are read together, it appears that at least six deputations had visited him in Makkah before the Hijrah.
About one of these deputations, Abdullah bin Masud relates: One day the Prophet (peace be upon him) remained missing from Makkah for the whole night. We could not know his whereabouts and feared he might have been attacked by somebody. Early in the morning we saw him coming from the direction of Hira. On inquiring he said that a jinn had come to invite him and he had accompanied him and recited the Quran to a gathering of them there. (Muslim, Musnad Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Daud).
Abdullah bin Masud has related another tradition, saying: Once the Prophet (peace be upon him) asked his companions in Makkah as to which of them would accompany him that night to meet the jinns. I became ready to go with him. At a place in the upper quarters of Makkah the Prophet (peace be upon him) drew a line and told me not to cross it. Then he went forward and stood and began to recite the Quran. I saw that a number of the people had gathered around him and they stood between me and him. (Ibn Jarir, Baihaqi: Dalail an-Nubuwwat, Abu Nuaim Isfahani: Dalail an-Nubuwuat).
On another occasion also during the night Abdullah bin Masud was with the Prophet (peace be upon him) when he decided a case of the jinns at Hajun in Makkah. Many years later Ibn Masud saw a group of the villagers at Kufa and said that the group of the jinns he had seen at Hajun closely resembled those people. (Ibn Jarir).
[1488]- Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).
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