Quran Universe
6:128

وَيَوۡمَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ جَمِيعٗا يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ قَدِ ٱسۡتَكۡثَرۡتُم مِّنَ ٱلۡإِنسِۖ وَقَالَ أَوۡلِيَآؤُهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡإِنسِ رَبَّنَا ٱسۡتَمۡتَعَ بَعۡضُنَا بِبَعۡضٖ وَبَلَغۡنَآ أَجَلَنَا ٱلَّذِيٓ أَجَّلۡتَ لَنَاۚ قَالَ ٱلنَّارُ مَثۡوَىٰكُمۡ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٞ

Wayawma yahshuruhum jameeAAan ya maAAshara aljinni qadi istakthartum mina alinsi waqala awliyaohum mina alinsi rabbana istamtaAAa baAAduna bibaAAdin wabalaghna ajalana allathee ajjalta lana qala alnnaru mathwakum khalideena feeha illa ma shaa Allahu inna rabbaka hakeemun AAaleemun

And [mention, O Muhammad], the Day when He will gather them together [and say], "O company of jinn, you have [misled] many of mankind." And their allies among mankind will say, "Our Lord, some of us made use of others, and we have [now] reached our term, which you appointed for us." He will say, "The Fire is your residence, wherein you will abide eternally, except for what Allah wills. Indeed, your Lord is Wise and Knowing."

Word by word
  1. وَيَوۡمَAnd (the) Day
  2. يَحۡشُرُهُمۡHe will gather them
  3. جَمِيعٗاall
  4. يَٰمَعۡشَرَ(and will say)," O assembly
  5. ٱلۡجِنِّ(of) [the] jinn
  6. قَدِCertainly
  7. ٱسۡتَكۡثَرۡتُمyou have (misled) many
  8. مِّنَof
  9. ٱلۡإِنسِۖthe mankind
  10. وَقَالَAnd will say
  11. أَوۡلِيَآؤُهُمtheir friends
  12. مِّنَamong
  13. ٱلۡإِنسِthe men
  14. رَبَّنَاOur Lord
  15. ٱسۡتَمۡتَعَprofited
  16. بَعۡضُنَاsome of us
  17. بِبَعۡضٖby others
  18. وَبَلَغۡنَآand we have reached
  19. أَجَلَنَاour term
  20. ٱلَّذِيٓwhich
  21. أَجَّلۡتَYou appointed
  22. لَنَاۚfor us
  23. قَالَHe will say
  24. ٱلنَّارُThe Fire
  25. مَثۡوَىٰكُمۡ(is) your abode
  26. خَٰلِدِينَwill abide forever
  27. فِيهَآin it
  28. إِلَّاexcept
  29. مَا(for) what
  30. شَآءَwills
  31. ٱللَّهُۚAllah
  32. إِنَّIndeed
  33. رَبَّكَyour Lord
  34. حَكِيمٌ(is) All-Wise
  35. عَلِيمٞAll-Knowing
Al-An'am · 6:128Makkah

We used each other, they will say. The deal ends badly.

Jinn and their human followers gathered on the Day

The arrangement
jinncommanded, misled many
and
their human alliessought refuge, obeyed
until
the appointed termdeath came
What the benefit was
a useful partnershipwe both gained
mutual ruinboth end in the Fire

Ibn Jurayj said that before Islam a traveler would arrive in a valley and say: I seek refuge with the master jinn of this valley. Al-Hasan said they benefited from each other: the jinn commanded and the humans obeyed. On the Day, that arrangement is exposed, and it ends in the Fire, except as Allah wills.

A friendship built on covering for each other. A business partner who helps you cut corners while you help him. It feels like mutual benefit. Ask where the arrangement is taking both of you.

As long as we both get something out of it, the relationship is fine.

A partnership in wrong is not a benefit. It is a shared road to loss.

Try this

Think of one relationship where you enable each other's worst habits. Change your part of it.

Related36:60
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

And on the Day when He will gather them together (and say): "O you assembly of Jinn! Many did you mislead of men," and their friends among the people will say: "Our Lord! We benefited one from the other, but now we have reached our appointed term which You did appoint for us. " He will say: "The Fire be your dwelling place, you will dwell therein forever, except as Allah may will. Certainly your Lord is All-Wise, All-Knowing. (128)

Allah says, 'Mention, O Muhammad, in what you convey and warn,' that,

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا

(on the Day when He will gather them (all) together.) gather the Jinns and their loyal supporters from mankind who used to worship them in this life, seek refuge with them, obey them and inspire each other with adorned, deceitful speech. Allah will proclaim then,

يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ قَدِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُم مِّنَ الْإِنسِ

(O you assembly of Jinn! Many did you mislead of men,) So the Ayah;

قَدِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُم مِّنَ الْإِنسِ

(Many did you mislead of men) refers to their misguiding and leading them astray. Allah also said;

أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَا بَنِي آدَمَ أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوا الشَّيْطَانَ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ - وَأَنِ اعْبُدُونِي هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ - وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعْقِلُونَ

(Did I not command you, O Children of Adam, that you should not worship Shaytan. Verily, he is a plain enemy to you. And that you should worship Me. That is the straight path. And indeed he (Shaytan) did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did you not, then, understand?)[36:60-62], and

وَقَالَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُم مِّنَ الْإِنسِ رَبَّنَا اسْتَمْتَعَ بَعْضُنَا بِبَعْضٍ

(and their friends among the people will say: "Our Lord! We benefited one from the other...")

The friends of the Jinns among humanity will give this answer to Allah, after Allah chastises them for being misguided by the Jinns. Al-Hasan commented, "They benefited from each other when the Jinns merely commanded and mankind obeyed."

Ibn Jurayj said, "During the time of Jahiliyyah, a man would reach a land and proclaim, 'I seek refuge with the master (Jinn) of this valley,' and this is how they benefited from each other. They used this as an excuse for them on the Day of Resurrection." Therefore, the Jinns benefit from humans since humans revere the Jinns by invoking them for help. The Jinns would then proclaim, "We became the masters of both mankind and the Jinns."

وَبَلَغْنَا أَجَلَنَا الَّذِي أَجَّلْتَ لَنَا

(but now we have reached our appointed term which You did appoint for us.) meaning, death, according to As-Suddi.

قَالَ النَّارُ مَثْوَاكُمْ 

(He (Allah) will say: "The Fire be your dwelling place...") where you will reside and live, you and your friends,

خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا

(you will dwell therein forever.) and will never depart except what Allah may will.