Quran 72:11 — Al-Jinn, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Some of us are righteous and others less so: we follow different paths.
وَأَنَّا مِنَّا الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ كُنَّا طَرَائِقَ قِدَدًا
wa-annā minnā l-ṣāliḥūna waminnā dūna dhālika kunnā ṭarāiqa qidadan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And some of us are the righteous, and some of us are otherwise; we are sects differing.
- Muhammad Asad
- Just as [we do not know how it happens] that some from among us are righteous, while some of us are [far] below that: we have always followed widely divergent paths.
- Sahih International
- And among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَنَّاwa-annā | And that [we] | — |
| 2 | مِنَّاminnā | among us | — |
| 3 | ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَl-ṣāliḥūna | (are) the righteous | صلح |
| 4 | وَمِنَّاwaminnā | and among us | — |
| 5 | دُونَdūna | (are) other than | دون |
| 6 | ذَٰلِكَ ۖdhālika | that | — |
| 7 | كُنَّاkunnā | We | كون |
| 8 | طَرَآئِقَṭarāiqa | (are on) ways | طرق |
| 9 | قِدَدًۭاqidadan | different | قدد |