72:19-Verse/Notes by sam
72:19-Verse/Notes by sam . 72:19 “And that,1 when the servant of God stood up, calling to Him, they2 were almost a compact mass about him.”3 1. Read here as further revelation given to the Messenger. See note to 72:1. 2. The reappearance here of the grammatical feature we identified in the note to 72:1 indicates to me that the subject of this clause is again al jinn. Some Traditionalists understand the verse along the same lines, although without sharing my identification of al jinn (for which see Article SJC). Given my analysis of the pivot in personal pronoun from we to you (see note to 72:7 above), 72:8-15 treats of the appeal of al jinn to their own people, and I see the return to the subject of al jinn here as a continuation of that analysis: a Jewish portion of the ruling elites of that time addressing their peers, which is primarily treated at 46:29-31. At 46:29 we read that ‘they turned back to their people, warning.’ This is followed by two O my / our people statements (46:30-...