Quran 72:7 — Al-Jinn, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They thought, as you did, that God would never raise anyone from the dead.
وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا كَمَا ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنْ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللَّهُ أَحَدًا
wa-annahum ẓannū kamā ẓanantum an lan yabʿatha l-lahu aḥadan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and they thought, even as you also thought, that God would never raise up anyone.
- Muhammad Asad
- so much so that they came to think, as you [once] thought, that God would never [again] send forth anyone [as His apostle].
- Sahih International
- And they had thought, as you thought, that Allāh would never send anyone [as a messenger].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَنَّهُمْwa-annahum | And that they | — |
| 2 | ظَنُّوا۟ẓannū | thought | ظنن |
| 3 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 4 | ظَنَنتُمْẓanantum | you thought | ظنن |
| 5 | أَنan | that | — |
| 6 | لَّنlan | never | — |
| 7 | يَبْعَثَyabʿatha | will raise | بعث |
| 8 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 9 | أَحَدًۭاaḥadan | anyone | أحد |