1. Since the jinn are charged and commanded – as mentioned above – Allah must inform them of His revelation and His law, and establish the argument against them.
2. How did this communication come about and how was the argument against them established? Do they have messengers from among them, as humans have messengers, or are their messengers human beings? There is more than one answer to this matter based on what is stated in the texts, but it is certain that this issue does not entail much benefit or practical effect
3 . The texts that are indication to the above:
(˹Allah will ask,˺ “O assembly of jinn and humans! Did messengers not come from among you, proclaiming My revelations )Al-An’aam 6: 130
It indicates that Allah sent messengers to them, but it did not state that these messengers were jinn or human, because His saying: (from you) is likely to be either:
The first is to say that the messengers are all of the same kind as the ones they are sent to.
Second: It may mean that the messengers of mankind and the jinn are from both the jinn and humans.
4. The closest thing that can be said is that the messengers of mankind are the messengers of the jinn, because when the jinn heard the Qur’an, they said (as Allah Almighty said about them)
( They declared, “O our fellow jinn! We have truly heard a scripture revealed after Moses, confirming what came before it. It guides to the truth and the Straight Way) Al-Ahqaf 46:30
So they spoke of the message of Moses and did not say anything about the message of others, and he stated that Moses was sent to them, as is the case with Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
What is evident is the general message of Muhammad – may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him – to mankind and the jinn – as by the Qur’an’s challenge to the jinn and mankind
( Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “If ˹all˺ humans and jinn were to come together to produce the equivalent of this Quran, they could not produce its equal, no matter how they supported each other.”)
In addition to that, Allah informs us about the jinn that some are good and some are not, and that they will not be able to escape from Allah. The ones who try to flee from Allah are the ones who are afraid due to their sins, and they hastened to believe in Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and followed his guidance.
(Among us are those who are righteous and those who are less so. We have been of different factions. ˹Now,˺ we truly know that we cannot frustrate Allah on earth, nor can we escape from Him ˹into heaven˺. When we heard the guidance ˹of the Quran˺, we ˹readily˺ believed in it. For whoever believes in their Lord will have no fear of being denied ˹a reward˺ or wronged.) Al-Jinn 72: 11-13
بما أن الجن مكلفون ومأمورون-كما سبق- فلا بدّ أن يبلغهم الله وحيه وشريعته، ويقيم عليهم الحجة
كيف حصل ذلك البلاغ وكيف قامت عليهم الحجة؟ هل لهم رسل منهم، كما للبشر رسل منهم، أم أن رسلهم هم رسل البشر؟ في المسألة أكثر من احتمال بناء على ما وردت به النصوص وهي محتملة للأمرين، لكن المقطوع به أن هذه المسألة لا يترتب عليها كبير فائدة ولا أثر عملي.
من تلك النصوص قوله تعالى: ” يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِنْكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتِي“ فهي تدل على أن الله أرسل إليهم رسلاً، ولكنها لم تصرح بأن هؤلاء الرسل من الجن أو من الإنس؛ لأن قوله: (منكم) يحتمل الأمرين
الأول: المراد أن رسل كل جنس منهم
الثاني: قد يراد أن رسل الإنس والجن من مجموع الاثنين، فيصدق ذلك المجموع على واحد من الاثنين
أقرب ما يقال: إن رسل الإنس هم رسل الجن؛ لأن الجن لما سمعوا القرآن قالوا فيما أخبر الله عنهم: “يَا قَوْمَنَا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتَابًا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مُوسَى مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّ وَإِلَى طَرِيقٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ“، فأخبروا عن رسالة موسى ولم يخبروا عن رسالة غيره، فأفاد أن موسى مرسل إليهم كما هو شأن محمد ﷺ
المقطوع به عموم رسالة محمد ﷺ إلى الإنس والجن، كما دل على ذلك تحدي القرآن للجن والإنس، قال الله تعالى: ” قُلْ لَئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيرًا
ومن ذلك أن الله أخبر عن الجن منها صالح ودون ذلك، وأنها لن تستطيع هربا من الله، وإنما يهرب من الله الخائف من ذنبه، وأنها سارعت بالإيمان بمحمد ﷺ واتبعت الهدى قال الله تعالى: ” وَأَنَّا مِنَّا الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَلِكَ كُنَّا طَرَائِقَ قِدَدًا (١١) وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ نُعْجِزَ اللَّهَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَنْ نُعْجِزَهُ هَرَبًا (١٢) وَأَنَّا لَمَّا سَمِعْنَا الْهُدَى آمَنَّا بِهِ فَمَنْ يُؤْمِنْ بِرَبِّهِ فَلَا يَخَافُ بَخْسًا وَلَا رَهَقًا“.