Surah Al-Jinn 72:17 — translation and meaning

الجن · Verse 17 / 28 · Page 573

ۚ لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ وَمَن يُعْرِضْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًا صَعَدًا

Word by Word

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لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ
linaftinahum
That We might test them
فِيهِ
fihi
therein
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يُعْرِضْ
yu'rid
turns away
عَن
an
from
ذِكْرِ
dhik'ri
the Remembrance
رَبِّهِ
rabbihi
(of) his Lord
يَسْلُكْهُ
yasluk'hu
He will make him enter
عَذَابًا
adhaban
a punishment
صَعَدًا
sa'adan
severe

Transliteration

Linaftinahum feeh; wa many yu'rid 'an zikri rabbihee yasluk hu 'azaaban sa'adaa

Translation

So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord He will put into arduous punishment.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

To test them in that, are they thankful for Allah’s favours or are they ungrateful for them? Whoever turns away from the Qur’ān and the admonitions it contains, His Lord will enter him into a difficult punishment that he will not be able to bear.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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