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Qur’an 72:9 Al-Jinn, verse 9

وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَٰعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ ۖ فَمَن يَسْتَمِعِ ٱلْءَانَ يَجِدْ لَهُۥ شِهَابًۭا رَّصَدًۭا

And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing, but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.

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

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

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
وَأَنَّاwa-annāAnd that we
كُنَّاkunnāused toك و ن
نَقْعُدُnaqʿudusitق ع د
مِنْهَاmin'hāthere in
مَقَـٰعِدَmaqāʿidapositionsق ع د
لِلسَّمْعِ ۖlilssamʿifor hearingس م ع
فَمَنfamanbut (he) who
يَسْتَمِعِyastamiʿilistensس م ع
ٱلْـَٔانَl-ānanowأ و ن
يَجِدْyajidwill findو ج د
لَهُۥlahufor him
شِهَابًۭاshihābana flaming fireش ه ب
رَّصَدًۭاraṣadanwaitingر ص 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 72:9 in Al-Jinn.

  • 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].
  • 72:8وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًۭا شَدِيدًۭا وَشُهُبًۭاAnd we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.
  • 72:10وَأَنَّا 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.

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