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Tafseer
of the jinn and mankindâ (minaâl-jinnati waâl-nāsi: an explication for the
whispering Satan being of the jinn and [also] of the humans, similar to Godâs saying, the devils of humans and jinn
[Q. 6:112]; or, minaâljinnati, âof the jinnâ, is an explication for him [Satan], waâl-nāsi, âand [of] mankindâ
being a supplement to alwaswās, âthe whispererâ). Both [explanations] apply to the evil of the mentioned Labīd
and his daughters; the objection to the first opinion is that humans do not âwhisperâ in the hearts of
[other] humans, but that it is the jinn who whisper in their hearts: I would respond by saying that human
beings also âwhisperâ in a manner appropriate to them, [beginning] externally, whereafter their whispers
reach the heart and establish themselves in it in the way in which this [customarily] happens. But God knows
best what is correct, and to Him shall be the return and the final destination, and may God bless our master
Muhammad and his family and Companions, and grant [them all] much peace, forever and always. God
suffices for us and [what] an excellent guardian [is He]! And there is no power or might except in God, the
Sublime, the Tremendous.
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