وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَـٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "நிச்சயமாக நாம் வானத்தைத் தொட்டுப் பார்த்தோம். அது கடுமையான காவலாளிகளாலும், தீப்பந்தங்களாலும் நிரப்பப்பட்டிருப்பதை, நாங்கள் கண்டோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද නියත වශයෙන් ම (ජින්වරුන් වන) අපි අහස ස්පර්ශ කළෙමු. එවිට එය දැඩි ආරක්ෂාවෙන් හා උල්කාපාතවලින් පිරී තිබෙනු අපි දුටුවෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور ہم نے آسمان کو ٹٹول کر دیکھا تو اسے سخت چوکیداروں اور سخت شعلوں سے پر پایا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- わたしたちは，天（の秘密）に触れようとしたが，これは強い護衛の燃え輝く星（流星）で一杯であることが分った。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我们曾试探天，发现天上布满坚强的卫士和灿烂的星宿。
Tafsir of 72:8
The Jinns stealing Information from the Sky before the the Messenger ﷺ was sent and striking Them with flaming Fire after His Coming. Allah informs about the Jinns when He sent His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ and revealed the Qur'an to him. Among the ways He protected it (the Qur'an) was by filling sky with stern guards guarding it from all of its sides. The devils were then expelled from the places where they used to sit prior to that. This was so that they could not steal anything from the Qur'an and tell it to the soothsayers, thereby causing matters to be confused and mixed up. If this happened it would not be known who was being truthful. Allah did this out of His kindness to His creation, His mercy upon His servants and His protection of His Mighty Book (the Qur'an). This is why the Jinns said, وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا السَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَساً شَدِيداً وَشُهُباً - وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ فَمَن يَسْتَمِعِ الاٌّنَ يَجِدْ لَهُ شِهَاباً رَّصَداً (And we have sought to reach the heaven; but found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
