Surah Al-Jinn 72:5 — translation and meaning
الجن · Verse 5 / 28 · Page 572
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَن لَّن تَقُولَ الْإِنسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا
Word by Word
وَأَنَّا
wa-anna
And that we
ظَنَنَّا
zananna
thought
أَن
an
that
لَّن
lan
never
تَقُولَ
taqula
will say
الْإِنسُ
al-insu
the men
وَالْجِنُّ
wal-jinu
and the jinn
عَلَى
ala
against
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
كَذِبًا
kadhiban
any lie
Transliteration
Wa annaa zanannaaa al lan taqoolal insu wal jinnu 'alal laahi kazibaa
Translation
And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allah a lie.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And that we thought that the idolaters from among mankind and the jinn were not speaking lies when they claimed that He had a wife and child, so we accepted their statement blindly following them.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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