Quran 36:8 — Yaseen, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[It is as if] We had placed [iron] collars around their necks, right up to their chins so that their heads are forced up
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ أَغْلَالًا فَهِيَ إِلَى الْأَذْقَانِ فَهُمْ مُقْمَحُونَ
innā jaʿalnā fī aʿnāqihim aghlālan fahiya ilā l-adhqāni fahum muq'maḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Surely We have put on their necks fetters up to the chin, so their heads are raised;
- Muhammad Asad
- Behold, around their necks We have put shackles, reaching up to their chins, so that their heads are forced up;
- Sahih International
- Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 2 | جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā | [We] have placed | جعل |
| 3 | فِىٓfī | on | — |
| 4 | أَعْنَـٰقِهِمْaʿnāqihim | their necks | عنق |
| 5 | أَغْلَـٰلًۭاaghlālan | iron collars | غلل |
| 6 | فَهِىَfahiya | and they | — |
| 7 | إِلَىilā | (are up) to | — |
| 8 | ٱلْأَذْقَانِl-adhqāni | the chins | ذقن |
| 9 | فَهُمfahum | so they | — |
| 10 | مُّقْمَحُونَmuq'maḥūna | (are with) heads raised up | قمح |