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5 Section 14: The Decreed Punishment shall be unavoidable The warning against the sure punishment -The decreed punishment being unavoidable –The Superstitious infanticide -Every soul shall bear witness against its own self Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 130 يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتِي وَيُنذِرُونَكُمْ لِقَاء يَوْمِكُمْ هَـذَا قَالُواْ شَهِدْنَا عَلَى أَنفُسِنَا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا وَشَهِدُواْ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ كَافِرِينَ 130.

" 'O' assembly of the jinn and mankind! Did there not come to you messengers fro yourselves, recounting to you My Signs and warning you of the meeting of this Day?' They will say: 'We bear witness against ourselves.' And the life of this world deceived them, and they will bear witness against their own selves that they were (constantly) disbelievers. On the Day of Judgment, Allah (S.w.T.) will tell the cruel Satanic persons: "'O' assembly of the jinn and mankind!

Did there not come to you messengers from yourselves…" Of course, all Divine prophets were appointed from humankind, but since the totality of jinn and men have been addressed at first, due to his respect, the prophets have been attributed to all, too, although they have been from the same kind. "... recounting to you My Signs and warning you of the meeting of this Day?'..." These prophets recited the proofs and verses of Allah to you, and they warned you of meeting such a Day, too. "...

They will say: 'We bear witness against ourselves.' And the life of this world deceived them, and they will bear witness against their own selves, that they were (constantly) disbelievers." This confession of the sinners, which occurs before Allah on the Day of Judgment, denotes the fact that they have accepted that Allah’s argument has been completed to them and He has sent prophets and guides toward them.

However, it is also narrated by Ibn- 'Abbas that every prophet was chosen from among human beings, and then, that human-prophet would choose a messenger for jinns from among themselves. Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 131 ذَلِكَ أَن لَّمْ يَكُن رَّبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرَى بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَافِلُونَ 131. " This is because your Lord would never destroy the towns unjustly while their people were negligent.

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