Quran 72:6 — Al-Jinn, verse 6
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Men have sought refuge with the jinn in the past, but they only misguided them further.
وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْإِنْسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا
wa-annahu kāna rijālun mina l-insi yaʿūdhūna birijālin mina l-jini fazādūhum rahaqan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But there were certain men of mankind who would take refuge with certain men of the jinn, and they increased them in vileness,
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet [it has always happened] that certain kinds of humans would seek refuge with certain kinds of [such] invisible forces: but these only increased their confusion –
- Sahih International
- And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden [i.e., sin].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَنَّهُۥwa-annahu | And that | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | (there) were | كون |
| 3 | رِجَالٌۭrijālun | men | رجل |
| 4 | مِّنَmina | among | — |
| 5 | ٱلْإِنسِl-insi | mankind | أنس |
| 6 | يَعُوذُونَyaʿūdhūna | who sought refuge | عوذ |
| 7 | بِرِجَالٍۢbirijālin | in (the) men | رجل |
| 8 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 9 | ٱلْجِنِّl-jini | the jinn | جنن |
| 10 | فَزَادُوهُمْfazādūhum | so they increased them | زيد |
| 11 | رَهَقًۭاrahaqan | (in) burden | رهق |