Not every Surah should be approached the same way. We first have to ask a basic question: who is Allah speaking to?
In this passage, the Surah is addressing those who are determined to call the message a lie. The Quran uses the word takdhib for denying the truth. And when the Surah says “tukadhibani”, that wording points to two audiences being spoken to.
That does not mean all jinn. Surah Al-Jinn already tells us there are believing jinn too. Rather, this Surah is addressing human enemies of the message and the unseen forces among the jinn that were pushing Quraysh to reject and fight Rasul’Allah ﷺ.
And this matters because it changes how we read what comes next.
Surah Ar-Rahman talks about Judgment Day then Hellfire then Heaven. But notice how Judgment Day is described: it is shown as terrifying, humiliating, and aimed at criminals. Believers are not the focus in those scenes.
So the Judgment Day description in Surah Ar-Rahman is not a complete picture of everything that will happen. It is a targeted warning showing what the guilty will face when the Day comes.
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