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Qur’an 72:10 Al-Jinn, verse 10

وَأَنَّا لَا نَدْرِىٓ أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ أَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَدًۭا

And we do not know [therefore] whether evil is intended for those on earth or whether their Lord intends for them a right course.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Jinn (72)
Verse
10 of 28
Revealed
Makki
Juz
29
Mushaf page
572

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
وَأَنَّاwa-annāAnd that we
لَاlānot
نَدْرِىٓnadrīwe knowد ر ي
أَشَرٌّasharrunwhether evilش ر ر
أُرِيدَurīdais intendedر و د
بِمَنbimanfor (those) who
فِىfī(are) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthأ ر ض
أَمْamor
أَرَادَarādaintendsر و د
بِهِمْbihimfor them
رَبُّهُمْrabbuhumtheir Lordر ب ب
رَشَدًۭاrashadana right pathر ش د

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 72:10 in Al-Jinn.

  • 72:8وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًۭا شَدِيدًۭا وَشُهُبًۭاAnd we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.
  • 72:9وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَٰعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ ۖ فَمَن يَسْتَمِعِ ٱلْءَانَ يَجِدْ لَهُۥ شِهَابًۭا رَّصَدًۭاAnd we used to sit therein in positions for hearing, but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.
  • 72:11وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدًۭاAnd among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.
  • 72:12وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعْجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَن نُّعْجِزَهُۥ هَرَبًۭاAnd we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allah upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.

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