And mention when We sent a company of jinn your way — the jinn of Nasībīn in Yemen or the jinn of Nineveh who were seven or nine and this was while the Prophet s was leading the dawn prayer with some of his Companions at Batn Nakhla as reported by the two Shaykhs al-Bukhārī and Muslim — to listen to the Qur’ān and when they were in its presence they said that is they said to one another ‘Listen carefully!’ concentrate in order to hear it carefully. Then when it was finished when he was finished reciting it they went back to their people to warn them to threaten their people with the chastisement from God if they do not believe — they had been Jews but then become Muslims.
