Interpretation of Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī to Holy Qur'an 6:128

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته I have been reading the *Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī*, and I stumbled upon a passage whose meaning I am not able to fully understand. > فأمّا اسْتِمْتاعُ الإنسِ بالجنِّ، فكان كما حدَّثنا القاسمُ، قال: ثنا > الحسينُ، قال: ثنى حجاجٌ، عن ابنِ جُريجٍ قولَه: ﴿رَبَّنَا ٱسْتَمْتَعَ > بَعْضُنَا بِبَعْضٍ﴾. قال: كان الرجلُ في الجاهليةِ يَنْزِلُ الأرضَ > فيقولُ: أَعوذُ بكبيرِ هذا الوادى. فذلك اسْتِمْتاعُهم، فاعْتَذَروا يومَ > القيامةِ In particular, I am interested in the intended meaning of "يَنْزِلُ الأرضَ" which I would translate as *[he would] descend to the ground*. In this context, is this a euphemism for *to prostrate*, meaning that men would supplicate or implore the jinn for protection? Or is the meaning more literal, and I have to imagine that men would enter the dwelling of the jinn in the ground, or something similar? (I was not able to find a figurative meaning for يَنْزِلُ الأرضَ in any dictionary.)