We sought to pry into the secrets of the heavens, but found it full of fierce guards and shooting flames.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : allah then went back to the talk of the jinn, saying: (and (the jinn who had listened to the qur'an said): we had sought the heaven) before we accepted faith (but had found it filled with strong warders) angels (and meteors) preventing them from listening.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : the jinn say: and we made for the heaven, we desired to listen by stealth, but we found it filled with mighty guards, from among the angels, and meteors, scorching stars: this was at the time of the sending of the prophet (s).
