The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 793
PT. 23 AȘ-ṢĀFFĀT CH. 37 وَجَعَلُوا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا وَلَقَدْ And they assert a blood. 159 relationship between Him and the Jinn while the Jinn themselves know that they will be brought before God for judgement. 3361 160. Holy is Allah and free from what they attribute to Him. 161. But the chosen of Allah attribute derogatory to Him. servants nothing 162. Verily, you and what you worship- 163. None of you can mislead anyone against Him, 3362 164. Except only him who shall burn in Hell. 165. Say: 'There is not one of us but has an appointed station. 3363 b6:101. which repudiate all forms of shirk (idolatry), no Divine Book accords the slightest countenance to this most foolish and obnoxious doctrine; on the contrary all of them refute and contradict it in strong and scathing terms. 3361. Commentary: The verse means to say that morally and intellectually disbelievers have become so degraded that they assert blood-relationship between God and evil spirits. What greater folly and blasphemy could there possibly be? 3362. Commentary: The verse purports to say that it is 2707 عَلِمَتِ الْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ ) سُبْحْنَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ ) فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ ) مَا أَنْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ بِفَتِنِينَ إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ الْجَحِيمِ وَمَا مِنَّا إِلَّا لَهُ مَقَامُ مَّعْلُومٌ only people of the evil spirits' own ilk that such spirits can mislead. They have no control or influence over godly men. "Surely thou shalt have no power over My servants. " says the Quran (15:41). The pronoun × in (against Him) refers to God. 3363. Commentary: The words of this and the next two verses may also be taken to have been spoken by righteous men of God, or the reference may specially be to the righteous men mentioned in the beginning of the Surah or, as some say, to the angels.