Quran 37:158 — As-Saaffaat, verse 158
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They claim that He has kinship with the jinn, yet the jinn themselves know that they will be brought before Him.
وَجَعَلُوا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ الْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ
wajaʿalū baynahu wabayna l-jinati nasaban walaqad ʿalimati l-jinatu innahum lamuḥ'ḍarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They have set up a kinship between Him and the jinn; and the jinn know that they shall be arraigned.
- Muhammad Asad
- And some people have invented a kinship between Him and all manner of invisible forces although [even] these invisible forces know well that, verily, they [who thus blaspheme against God] shall indeed be arraigned [before Him on Judgment Day: for]
- Sahih International
- And they have made [i.e., claimed] between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought [to punishment].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalū | And they have made | جعل |
| 2 | بَيْنَهُۥbaynahu | between Him | بين |
| 3 | وَبَيْنَwabayna | and between | بين |
| 4 | ٱلْجِنَّةِl-jinati | the jinn | جنن |
| 5 | نَسَبًۭا ۚnasaban | a relationship | نسب |
| 6 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | but certainly | — |
| 7 | عَلِمَتِʿalimati | know | علم |
| 8 | ٱلْجِنَّةُl-jinatu | the jinn | جنن |
| 9 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | that they | — |
| 10 | لَمُحْضَرُونَlamuḥ'ḍarūna | (will) surely be brought | حضر |