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Qur’an 72:8 Al-Jinn, verse 8

وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًۭا شَدِيدًۭا وَشُهُبًۭا

And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.

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

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

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
وَأَنَّاwa-annāAnd that we
لَمَسْنَاlamasnāsought to touchل م س
ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe heavenس م و
فَوَجَدْنَـٰهَاfawajadnāhābut we found itو ج د
مُلِئَتْmuli-atfilled (with)م ل أ
حَرَسًۭاḥarasanguardsح ر س
شَدِيدًۭاshadīdansevereش د د
وَشُهُبًۭاwashuhubanand flaming firesش ه 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 72:8 in Al-Jinn.

  • 72:6وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًۭاAnd there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden.
  • 72:7وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا۟ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن لَّن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدًۭاAnd they had thought, as you thought, that Allah would never send anyone [as a messenger].
  • 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.

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