Today's verse

Suratul-Nas: Mankind

Verse 6

Arabic:

ﻣِﻦَ ﺍﻟْﺠِﻨَّﺔِ ﻭَﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺱ

Transliteration:

Minal jinnati wan naas.

Meaning:

From among the jinn and mankind.
Then Allah says,
﴿ﻣِﻦَ ﺍﻟْﺠِﻨَّﺔِ ﻭَﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺱِ ﴾
(Of Jinn and An-Nas.)

Is this explanatory of Allah's statement,
﴿ﺍﻟَّﺬِﻯ ﻳُﻮَﺳْﻮِﺱُ ﻓِﻰ ﺻُﺪُﻭﺭِ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺱِ ﴾
(Who whispers in the breasts of An-Nas.) Then, Allah explains this by saying,
﴿ﻣِﻦَ ﺍﻟْﺠِﻨَّﺔِ ﻭَﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺱِ ﴾
(Of Jinn and An-Nas.)

This is supportive of the second view.

It has also been said that Allah's saying,
﴿ﻣِﻦَ ﺍﻟْﺠِﻨَّﺔِ ﻭَﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺱِ ﴾
(Of Jinn and An-Nas) is an explanation of who is it that whispers into the breasts of mankind from the devils of mankind and Jinns.

This is similar to Allah's saying,
﴿ﻭَﻛَﺬَﻟِﻚَ ﺟَﻌَﻠْﻨَﺎ ﻟِﻜُﻞِّ ﻧِﺒِﻰٍّ ﻋَﺪُﻭّﺍً ﺷَﻴَـﻄِﻴﻦَ
ﺍﻹِﻧْﺲِ ﻭَﺍﻟْﺠِﻦِّ ﻳُﻮﺣِﻰ ﺑَﻌْﻀُﻬُﻢْ ﺇِﻟَﻰ ﺑَﻌْﺾٍ
ﺯُﺧْﺮُﻑَ ﺍﻟْﻘَﻮْﻝِ ﻏُﺮُﻭﺭﺍً﴾
(And so We have appointed for every Prophet enemies --
Shayatin among mankind and Jinn, inspiring one another with adorned speech as a delusion.) (6:112)

Imam Ahmad recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, "A man came to the Prophet
and said, `O Messenger of Allah! Sometimes I say things to myself that I would rather fall from the sky than say (aloud openly). '

The Prophet said,

‏« ﺍﻟﻠﻪُ ﺃَﻛْﺒَﺮُ، ﺍﻟﻠﻪُ ﺃَﻛْﺒَﺮٌ ﺍﻟْﺤَﻤْﺪُ ﻟﻠﻪِ ﺍﻟَّﺬِﻱ ﺭَﺩَّ
ﻛَﻴْﺪَﻩُ ﺇِﻟَﻰ ﺍﻟْﻮَﺳْﻮَﺳَﺔِ‏»
(Allah is Most Great! Allah is Most Great! All praise is due to Allah Who sent his (Shaytan's) plot back as only a whisper.)'' Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i also recorded this Hadith.

Tafsir ibn Kathir
More on the verse:

The summary of the message in the verse is that there are shayateen (evil people) among both human beings and jinns who encourage people to do evil. That is why the Prophet (S.A.W) said that when one is angry and wants to misbehave, he should seek refuge in Allah because all the whisperings are from Shaytan.

See this du'a:

Supplication when angry

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ، وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا
Bismillaah. Allaahumma jannibnash-Shaytaana, wa jannibish-Shaytaana maa razaqtanaa.

With the Name of Allaah. O Allaah, keep the Shaitan away from us and keep the Shaitan away from that which You provide for us.

Also, the evil people among men are referred to also as Shayateen. They inspire and encourage others to sin against Allah and dissuade them from following Allah's commandments. On the Day of Judgement, individuals who made friends with such evil people would regret.

"Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken
so-and-so as a friend!
He led me away from the remembrance after it
had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter." Qur'an 25 verses 28-29.

So a Muslim must watch carefully who he/she makes friends with, as they (the friends) will determine his/her relationship with her Lord.

May Allah keep us among the righteous.