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Qur’an 72:1 Al-Jinn, verse 1
قُلْ أُوحِىَ إِلَىَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْءَانًا عَجَبًۭا
Say, [O Muhammad], "It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur'an.
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
- Surah
- Al-Jinn (72)
- Verse
- 1 of 28
- Revealed
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| قُلْ | qul | Say | ق و ل |
| أُوحِىَ | ūḥiya | It has been revealed | و ح ي |
| إِلَىَّ | ilayya | to me | |
| أَنَّهُ | annahu | that | |
| ٱسْتَمَعَ | is'tamaʿa | listened | س م ع |
| نَفَرٌۭ | nafarun | a group | ن ف ر |
| مِّنَ | mina | of | |
| ٱلْجِنِّ | l-jini | the jinn | ج ن ن |
| فَقَالُوٓا۟ | faqālū | and they said | ق و ل |
| إِنَّا | innā | Indeed, we | |
| سَمِعْنَا | samiʿ'nā | heard | س م ع |
| قُرْءَانًا | qur'ānan | a Quran | ق ر أ |
| عَجَبًۭا | ʿajaban | amazing | ع ج ب |
Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.
In context
The verses around 72:1 in Al-Jinn.
- 72:2يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلرُّشْدِ فَـَٔامَنَّا بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَن نُّشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَآ أَحَدًۭاIt guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone.
- 72:3وَأَنَّهُۥ تَعَٰلَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَٰحِبَةًۭ وَلَا وَلَدًۭاAnd [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son
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