Surah Al-Jinn 72:7 — translation and meaning

الجن · Verse 7 / 28 · Page 572

وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن لَّن يَبْعَثَ اللَّهُ أَحَدًا

Word by Word

وَأَنَّهُمْ
wa-annahum
And that they
ظَنُّوا
zannu
thought
كَمَا
kama
as
ظَنَنتُمْ
zanantum
you thought
أَن
an
that
لَّن
lan
never
يَبْعَثَ
yab'atha
will raise
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
أَحَدًا
ahadan
anyone

Transliteration

Wa annahum zannoo kamaa zanantum al lany yab'asal laahu ahadaa

Translation

And they had thought, as you thought, that Allah would never send anyone [as a messenger].

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And that humans thought as you did, O jinn, that Allah will not resurrect anyone after his death for the reckoning and recompense.

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

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