Surah Al-Jinn 72:12 — translation and meaning
الجن · Verse 12 / 28 · Page 572
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَن لَّن نُّعْجِزَ اللَّهَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَن نُّعْجِزَهُ هَرَبًا
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وَأَنَّا
wa-anna
And that we
ظَنَنَّا
zananna
[we] have become certain
أَن
an
that
لَّن
lan
never
نُّعْجِزَ
nu'jiza
we will cause failure
اللَّهَ
al-laha
(to) Allah
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
وَلَن
walan
and never
نُّعْجِزَهُ
nu'jizahu
we can escape Him
هَرَبًا
haraban
(by) flight
Transliteration
Wa annaa zanannaaa al lan nu'jizal laaha fil ardi wa lan nu'jizahoo harabaa
Translation
And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allah upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And that we are certain that we cannot escape Allah, may He be glorified, when He intends some matter for us. We will never be able to escape Him by fleeing because He surrounds us.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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