Quran 72:17 — Al-Jinn, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
a test for them––but anyone who turns away from his Lord’s Revelation will be sent by Him to spiralling torment.
لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَنْ يُعْرِضْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًا صَعَدًا
linaftinahum fīhi waman yuʿ'riḍ ʿan dhik'ri rabbihi yasluk'hu ʿadhāban ṣaʿadan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- that We might try them therein. And whosoever turns away from the Remembrance of his Lord, He will thrust him into chastisement rigorous.
- Muhammad Asad
- so as to test them by this means: for he who shall turn away from the remembrance of his Sustainer, him will He cause to undergo suffering most grievous.
- Sahih International
- So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord He will put into arduous punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْlinaftinahum | That We might test them | فتن |
| 2 | فِيهِ ۚfīhi | therein | — |
| 3 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 4 | يُعْرِضْyuʿ'riḍ | turns away | عرض |
| 5 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 6 | ذِكْرِdhik'ri | the Remembrance | ذكر |
| 7 | رَبِّهِۦrabbihi | (of) his Lord | ربب |
| 8 | يَسْلُكْهُyasluk'hu | He will make him enter | سلك |
| 9 | عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban | a punishment | عذب |
| 10 | صَعَدًۭاṣaʿadan | severe | صعد |