Moses brought, undoubtedly spring from a single lamp-niche.”

Moreover, it was well known among them that the soothsayers received information from the devils who steal a hearing. When they observed that the sky was now being guarded with an exceptionally rigorous watch—something quite out of the ordinary—they realized that the devils had been barred from eavesdropping, and the jinn also understood this, as mentioned earlier.

The jinn said:
“Indeed, we reached the heaven and found it filled with stern guards and flames;
we used to sit in its stations to listen, but whoever tries to listen now will find a piercing meteor lying in wait for him.” (al-Jinn 8–9)

Reports transmitted through numerous chains agree that, at the time of the Prophet’s commissioning, the hurling of meteors increased dramatically—an occurrence contrary to the normal order of things. Some people even feared that it signalled the destruction of the world, so they examined whether the celestial stars themselves were being flung down or whether it was merely meteors. When they determined that it was indeed meteors, they knew that some momentous event had taken place. And they sent