Surah 6:130
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يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ أَلَمۡ يَأۡتِكُمۡ رُسُلٞ مِّنكُمۡ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِي وَيُنذِرُونَكُمۡ لِقَآءَ يَوۡمِكُمۡ هَٰذَاۚ قَالُواْ شَهِدۡنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِنَاۖ وَغَرَّتۡهُمُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَشَهِدُواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ أَنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ كَٰفِرِينَ
‘Assembly of the jinn and humans! Did messengers not come to you from among you, recounting to you My signs and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?’ They will say, ‘We bear witness against ourselves.’ This present life deceived them, and they bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
130. O you assembly of ]inn and humans! “ Did not there come to you Messengers from amongst you, reciting unto you My verses and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say: 'We bear witness against ourselves." It was the life of this world that deceived them. And they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers .
Allah will chastise the disbelieving Jinns and humans on the Day of Resurrection, when He asks them, while having better knowledge, if the Messengers delivered His Messages to them,
"0 you assembly of Jinn and humans! Did not there come to you Messengers from among you?"
We should note here that the Messengers are from among mankind only, not vice versa, as Mujahid, Ibn Jurayj and others from the Imams of Salaf and later generations have stated. The proof for this is that Allah said,
until,
Allah said, concerning the Prophet Ibrahim,
And We ordained among his offspring prophethood and the Book} [29:27],
thus sending the prophethood and the Book exclusively through the offspring of the Prophet Ibrahim. No one has claimed that there were Prophets from among the Jiiuis before the time of Ibrahim, but not after that. Allah said,
Therefore, concerning prophethood, the Jirms follow mankind in this regard and this is why Allah said about them,
A Hadith collected by At-Tirmidhi stated that the Messenger of Allah recited Surat Ar-Rahm&n, to these Jinns, in which Allah said,
Allah said in this honorable Ayah,
0 yon assembly of Jinn and humans! “\ Did not there come to you Messengers from amongst you, reciting unto you My verses and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say: 'We bear witness against ourselves ."}
meaning, we affirm that the Messengers have conveyed Your Messages to us and warned us about the meeting with You, and that this Day will certainly occur. Allah said next,
/f was the life of this world that deceived them.} and they wasted their lives and brought destruction to themselves by rejecting the Messengers and denying their miracles. This is because they were deceived by the beauty, adornment and lusts of this life.
And they will bear witness against themselves} on the Day of Resurrection,
that they were disbelievers ...} in this worldly life, rejecting what the Messengers, may Allah’s peace and blessings be on them, brought them.
— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 4, Page 470)