And indeed we used to sit in some of the seats for hearing, now whoever tries to sit for hearing, he will find sudden attack with flame.
Before the deputation of Messenger Muhammed, the Sprites were informing the news which they heard from the sky to their friends from mankind mentioned in verse 6. Thus the astrologists and predictors were misleading the people by using ninety nine percentage of the news they got from the Sprites by adding their own lies. As explained in verse 4: 118; and 19: 83, disbeliever Satan is given ability to entrap and stray nine hundred and ninety nine out of thousand of the mankind. The Jinn are saying that in advance to the deputation of Messenger Muhammed, the entrance to there was closed forever, and they were chased by flames of fire.