Surah Al-Jinn 72:8 — translation and meaning
الجن · Verse 8 / 28 · Page 572
وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا السَّمَاءَ فَوَجَدْنَاهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا
Word by Word
وَأَنَّا
wa-anna
And that we
لَمَسْنَا
lamasna
sought to touch
السَّمَاءَ
al-samaa
the heaven
فَوَجَدْنَاهَا
fawajadnaha
but we found it
مُلِئَتْ
muli-at
filled (with)
حَرَسًا
harasan
guards
شَدِيدًا
shadidan
severe
وَشُهُبًا
washuhuban
and flaming fires
Transliteration
Wa annaa lamasnas sa maaa'a fa wajadnaahaa muli'at harasan shadeedanw wa shuhubaa
Translation
And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And that we sought the news of the heaven and we found the sky full of stern guards, who were the angels, who guarded it from the eavesdropping that we used to do, and full of flaming fires thrown at everyone who comes close to the sky.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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