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Qur’an 72:11 Al-Jinn, verse 11

وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدًۭا

And among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.

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

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

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
وَأَنَّاwa-annāAnd that [we]
مِنَّاminnāamong us
ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَl-ṣāliḥūna(are) the righteousص ل ح
وَمِنَّاwaminnāand among us
دُونَdūna(are) other thanد و ن
ذَٰلِكَ ۖdhālikathat
كُنَّاkunnāWeك و ن
طَرَآئِقَṭarāiqa(are on) waysط ر ق
قِدَدًۭاqidadandifferentق د 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 72:11 in Al-Jinn.

  • 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.
  • 72:10وَأَنَّا لَا نَدْرِىٓ أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ أَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَدًۭاAnd we do not know [therefore] whether evil is intended for those on earth or whether their Lord intends for them a right course.
  • 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.
  • 72:13وَأَنَّا لَمَّا سَمِعْنَا ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ ۖ فَمَن يُؤْمِنۢ بِرَبِّهِۦ فَلَا يَخَافُ بَخْسًۭا وَلَا رَهَقًۭاAnd when we heard the guidance, we believed in it. And whoever believes in his Lord will not fear deprivation or burden.

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