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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Naml 27:17

Word by word

وَحُشِرَ لِسُلَيْمَـٰنَ جُنُودُهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ وَٱلطَّيْرِ فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ

And gathered for Solomon were his soldiers of the jinn and men and birds, and they were [marching] in rows

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وجُمِع لسليمان جنوده من الجن والإنس والطير في مسيرة لهم، فهم على كثرتهم لم يكونوا مهمَلين، بل كان على كل جنس من يَرُدُّ أولهم على آخرهم; كي يقفوا جميعًا منتظمين.

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