Quran 27:39 — An-Naml, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
A powerful and crafty jinn replied, ‘I will bring it to you before you can even rise from your place. I am strong and trustworthy enough,’
قَالَ عِفْرِيتٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ أَنَا آتِيكَ بِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقُومَ مِنْ مَقَامِكَ ۖ وَإِنِّي عَلَيْهِ لَقَوِيٌّ أَمِينٌ
qāla ʿif'rītun mina l-jini anā ātīka bihi qabla an taqūma min maqāmika wa-innī ʿalayhi laqawiyyun amīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- An efreet of the jinns said, 'I will bring it to thee, before thou risest from thy place; I have strength for it
- Muhammad Asad
- Said a bold one of the invisible beings [subject to Solomon]: “I shall bring it to thee ere thou rise from thy council-seat - for, behold, I am powerful enough to do it, [and] worthy of trust!”
- Sahih International
- A powerful one from among the jinn said, "I will bring it to you before you rise from your place, and indeed, I am for this [task] strong and trustworthy."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | Said | قول |
| 2 | عِفْرِيتٌۭʿif'rītun | a strong one | عفر |
| 3 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 4 | ٱلْجِنِّl-jini | the jinn | جنن |
| 5 | أَنَا۠anā | I | — |
| 6 | ءَاتِيكَātīka | will bring it to you | أتي |
| 7 | بِهِۦbihi | will bring it to you | — |
| 8 | قَبْلَqabla | before | قبل |
| 9 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 10 | تَقُومَtaqūma | you rise | قوم |
| 11 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 12 | مَّقَامِكَ ۖmaqāmika | your place | قوم |
| 13 | وَإِنِّىwa-innī | And indeed, I am | — |
| 14 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | for it | — |
| 15 | لَقَوِىٌّlaqawiyyun | surely, strong | قوي |
| 16 | أَمِينٌۭamīnun | trustworthy | أمن |