Quran 72:24 — Al-Jinn, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
when they are confronted by what they have been warned about, they will realize who has the weaker protector and the smaller number.
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا رَأَوْا مَا يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ نَاصِرًا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدًا
ḥattā idhā ra-aw mā yūʿadūna fasayaʿlamūna man aḍʿafu nāṣiran wa-aqallu ʿadadan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Until, when they see that which they are promised, then they will know who is weaker in helpers and fewer in numbers.
- Muhammad Asad
- [Let them, then, wait] until the time when they behold that [doom] of which they were forewarned: for then they will come to understand which [kind of man] is more helpless and counts for less!
- Sahih International
- [The disbelievers continue] until, when they see that which they are promised, then they will know who is weaker in helpers and less in number.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | Until | — |
| 2 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 3 | رَأَوْا۟ra-aw | they see | رأي |
| 4 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 5 | يُوعَدُونَyūʿadūna | they are promised | وعد |
| 6 | فَسَيَعْلَمُونَfasayaʿlamūna | then they will know | علم |
| 7 | مَنْman | who | — |
| 8 | أَضْعَفُaḍʿafu | (is) weaker | ضعف |
| 9 | نَاصِرًۭاnāṣiran | (in) helpers | نصر |
| 10 | وَأَقَلُّwa-aqallu | and fewer | قلل |
| 11 | عَدَدًۭاʿadadan | (in) number | عدد |