[3115] This so that they would not eavesdrop on the Highest Assembly (al-mala’ al-aʿlā; the angels that are in the Heavens (cf. al-Saʿdī, al-Tafsīr Muḥarrar)) who talk about news in the Heavens (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr). This is so that the Reminder (the Qur’an, as in Aya 9 above) is protected against their confounding whisperings and the lies they drop in the ears of their allied soothsayers (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī, Ibn ʿĀshūr). “˹The Jinn said:˺ And we touched the sky and found it filled up with formidable guards and comets. *We had used to take seats in it for listening, but whoever listens now, will get himself a comet in ready waiting!” (72: 8-9).