The Jinn Who Listened, First jinn to hear the Quran
The unseenFirst jinn to hear the Quran
The Jinn Who Listenedنفر من الجن
Traditional date, disputedWadi Nakhlah
A band of jinn heard the Prophet ﷺ recite the Quran, believed, and went home as warners.
A small group of jinn came upon the Prophet ﷺ reciting in prayer. They told each other: listen quietly. When it ended they went back to their people and said: we have heard an amazing Quran that guides to the right way, so we believe in it. The Prophet ﷺ only learned of it through revelation.
What does the Quran say?
Say, [O Muhammad], "It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur'an.
Quran 72:1
What does the hadith say?
What grew out of it?
Surah al-Jinn records their words, and Muslims count believing jinn as part of the ummah.
Who else is linked?
Who lived at the same time?
Muhammad ﷺZayd ibn HarithaHeracliusKhosrow IIAbu al-Aswad al-Du'aliAl-Miqdad ibn al-AswadAmr ibn al-AsHassan ibn Thabit
Source: the Quran
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
The unseen
- The Angels
- Jibril
- Mikail
- Israfil
- The Angel of Death
- Munkar and Nakir
- Kiraman Katibin
- The Guardian Angels
- The Bearers of the Throne
- Malik, keeper of the Fire
- The Keepers of the Fire
- Ridwan
- Harut and Marut
- The Guests of Ibrahim
- The Angels Who Spoke to Maryam
- The Two Disputants of Dawud
- The Angels of Badr
- The Angels Who Pray for Believers
- The Angels of the Night of Decree
- The Jinn
- The Jinn Who Listened
- The Eavesdropping Devils
- The Qarin
- The Jinn of Sulayman
- The Ifrit of Sulayman
- The Hur al-Ayn
- The Youths of Paradise
- The Beast of the Earth