Quran 72:12 — Al-Jinn, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We know we can never frustrate God on earth; we can never escape Him.
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ نُعْجِزَ اللَّهَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَنْ نُعْجِزَهُ هَرَبًا
wa-annā ẓanannā an lan nuʿ'jiza l-laha fī l-arḍi walan nuʿ'jizahu haraban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Indeed, we thought that we should never be able to frustrate God in the earth, neither be able to frustrate Him by flight.
- Muhammad Asad
- "'And, withal, we have come to know that we can never elude God [while we live] on earth, and that we can never elude Him by escaping [from life].
- Sahih International
- And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allāh upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَنَّاwa-annā | And that we | — |
| 2 | ظَنَنَّآẓanannā | [we] have become certain | ظنن |
| 3 | أَنan | that | — |
| 4 | لَّنlan | never | — |
| 5 | نُّعْجِزَnuʿ'jiza | we will cause failure | عجز |
| 6 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | (to) Allah | أله |
| 7 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 8 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 9 | وَلَنwalan | and never | — |
| 10 | نُّعْجِزَهُۥnuʿ'jizahu | we can escape Him | عجز |
| 11 | هَرَبًۭاharaban | (by) flight | هرب |