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Qur’an 72:12 Al-Jinn, verse 12
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعْجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَن نُّعْجِزَهُۥ هَرَبًۭا
And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allah upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
- Surah
- Al-Jinn (72)
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- 12 of 28
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| وَأَنَّا | wa-annā | And that we | |
| ظَنَنَّآ | ẓanannā | [we] have become certain | ظ ن ن |
| أَن | an | that | |
| لَّن | lan | never | |
| نُّعْجِزَ | nuʿ'jiza | we will cause failure | ع ج ز |
| ٱللَّهَ | l-laha | (to) Allah | أ ل ه |
| فِى | fī | in | |
| ٱلْأَرْضِ | l-arḍi | the earth | أ ر ض |
| وَلَن | walan | and never | |
| نُّعْجِزَهُۥ | nuʿ'jizahu | we can escape Him | ع ج ز |
| هَرَبًۭا | haraban | (by) flight | ه ر 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 72:12 in Al-Jinn.
- 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.
- 72:11وَأَنَّا 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.
- 72:13وَأَنَّا 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.
- 72:14وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلْمُسْلِمُونَ وَمِنَّا ٱلْقَٰسِطُونَ ۖ فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ تَحَرَّوْا۟ رَشَدًۭاAnd among us are Muslims [in submission to Allah], and among us are the unjust. And whoever has become Muslim - those have sought out the right course.
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