Title: Further Clarification on 'Regarding Prophets among Jinn' Question/Comments: In your answer to a question tilted " Regarding the Prophets for Jinn ", you have written: Just as no Jinn could be sent as a prophet towards the human race, no human being could be sent as a prophet towards the race of the Jinn. One of the basic reasons for this general rule is that a prophet of God is not merely a deliverer of God's messages to that race, but he is also meant to be an example for them to follow. Thus, just as an angel or a jinn could not be an example for the human race, similarly, a human being could not be an example for the Jinn or the angels to emulate. Thus, when the rejecters objected to believing in a human being as a messenger and representative of God, saying that were God to send a messenger, He should have sent an angel as His messenger, the Qur'an responded: Had the earth been inhabited by angels, We would then indeed have sent an angel from the heavens as a messenger towards them. ( Al-Israa 17: 94) In the light of the foregoing explanation, it should be clear that the prophets from among Jinn are from among themselves, not from among humans. My question is regarding Surat Al-Ahqaaf 46: 30. After I read the article of Dr. Khalid Zaheer "Experiencing Jinn" and then read the questions and answers on that article, the following question came to my mind. Yusuf Ali translated the saying of the Jinn in verse 46: 30 as follows: They said, "O our people! We have heard a Book revealed after Moses, confirming what came before it: it guides (men) to the Truth and to a Straight Path". (46: 30) The Jinn said "...We have heard a Book revealed after Moses..." Doesn't this verse support the generally held belief among Muslims that there are no messengers (or prophets) of God from among the Jinn and that the messengers of God to people are also for Jinn. For example, the prophet Moses (pbuh) is a messenger for people and also a messenger for Jinn. The prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is a messenger for people and also for Jinn. Doesn't that verse support this view. The Jinns in that verse mentioned only two Books, the one revealed to Muhammad (pbuh) and the one revealed to Moses (pbuh). Why is that? Why didn't they mentioned any name of their own messengers among Jinn instead of mentioning Moses (pbuh) for example? Alhamdu Lillah, Khalid Salem Qatar Answer: The physical nature of Jinn allows them to observe and to hear human communications. Thus, Jinn are fully capable of listening to human communication, which, according to the Qur'an, they, in fact, do. In other words, a prophet or a messenger among humans would not go unnoticed by Jinn. This, however, does not mean that that human prophet is also necessarily a prophet for Jinn, as it is not merely the deliverance of God's message which is to be achieved through these prophets and messengers, but they are also meant to be a model of obedience and submission as well as a sign of the final Day of Judgment for their particular species. The referred verse of Surah Al-Ahqaaf has narrated a discussion between Jinn in which they were talking about the emergence of a new human prophet - Muhammad (pbuh) - with reference to a previous prophet from among humans, which they were aware of and may even have observed. In this context, there was no need for them to have talked about any prophets who were sent among the Jinn. Furthermore, even if they had talked about any prophets - if any - who were sent among Jinn, the Qur'an has ignored that part of their conversation, as it would have been indecipherable for the addressees of the Qur'an - who, after all, were humans. The Qur'an has narrated this conversation of Jinn as a response to those who were trying to reject the Prophet's call on the excuse that the eloquence and the beauty of the Qur'an was because the Prophet was aided in its production by Jinn. It should be clear from the foregoing explanation that the referred verse of Surah Al-Ahqaaf does not refute the emergence of prophets and messengers among Jinn. The verse, on the contrary, is a narration of a conversation among Jinn, in which they were referring to prophets sent among humans and, therefore, entails no reference to any prophets sent among Jinn. I hope this helps. Regards, Moiz Amjad August 5, 2002