Transliteration:( Wa annahoo lammaa qaama 'abdul laahi yad'oohu kaadoo yakoonoona 'alaihi libada )
31. This expression is either the statement of Allah Almighty i.e. this too has been revealed to one that when the special servant of Allah i.e. صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم when the Holy Prophet stood in Salaah then the nature of the enthusiasm of the jinns was such that they were near to crowd upon him. The reason for using the pronoun NEAR is to show that they did not crowd upon him because they were few in number. Or, firstly, the jinns were few, and then their number increased.
Or, that this incident took place when returning from Nakhla at a place called juhon when the jinns were more in number (Tafseer Roohul Mu'ani). Or, this is the statements of those jinns which were made to their people.
32. From this, we learn that there is a special taste in making the Zikr of Allah Almighty. Just as there is taste in physical nourishment, in the like manner it is in spiritual nourishment as well. We further learn that this taste is experienced by human beings, the jinns, and in fact the animals as well.
The tafsir of Surah Jinn verse 19 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Jinn ayat 18 which provides the complete commentary from verse 18 through 24.
20. Servant of Allah: the Prophet (peace be upon him).
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