Quran 72:9 — Al-Jinn, verse 9
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
we used to sit in places there, listening, but anyone trying to listen now will find a shooting star lying in wait for him––
وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَاعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ ۖ فَمَنْ يَسْتَمِعِ الْآنَ يَجِدْ لَهُ شِهَابًا رَصَدًا
wa-annā kunnā naqʿudu min'hā maqāʿida lilssamʿi faman yastamiʿi l-āna yajid lahu shihāban raṣadan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We would sit there on seats to hear; but any listening now finds a meteor in wait for him.
- Muhammad Asad
- notwithstanding that we were established in positions [which we had thought well-suited] to listening to [whatever secrets might be in] it: and anyone who now [or ever] tries to listen will [likewise] find a flame lying in wait for him!
- Sahih International
- And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing, but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَنَّاwa-annā | And that we | — |
| 2 | كُنَّاkunnā | used to | كون |
| 3 | نَقْعُدُnaqʿudu | sit | قعد |
| 4 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | there in | — |
| 5 | مَقَـٰعِدَmaqāʿida | positions | قعد |
| 6 | لِلسَّمْعِ ۖlilssamʿi | for hearing | سمع |
| 7 | فَمَنfaman | but (he) who | — |
| 8 | يَسْتَمِعِyastamiʿi | listens | سمع |
| 9 | ٱلْـَٔانَl-āna | now | — |
| 10 | يَجِدْyajid | will find | وجد |
| 11 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 12 | شِهَابًۭاshihāban | a flaming fire | شهب |
| 13 | رَّصَدًۭاraṣadan | waiting | رصد |