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Say, O Muhammad "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam", to people: 'It has been revealed to me, that is to say, I have been informed by way of revelation from Allahu ta’ālā, exalted be He, that (annahu: the [suffixed] pronoun is that of the matter) a company of the jinn, the jinn of Nasībīn. This was at the time of the morning prayer at Batn Nakhla, a location between Mecca and Tā'if - these [jinn] being those mentioned in Allah’s saying, And when We sent a company of jinn your way…' [Q. 46:29] - listened, to my recitation, then said, to their people upon returning to them: “We have indeed heard a marvellous Qur'ān, whose clarity, the richness of its meanings and other aspects one marvels at,