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Surah Al-Jinn, Ayah 12 (72:12)

ٱلْجِنّ

وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعْجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَن نُّعْجِزَهُۥ هَرَبًا

Quran 72:12 is ayah 12 of Surah Al-Jinn (“The Jinn”), a Meccan surah of 28 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 572 of the Madani Mushaf.

72:12
وَأَنَّاظَنَنَّآأَنلَّننُّعْجِزَٱللَّهَفِىٱلْأَرْضِوَلَننُّعْجِزَهُۥهَرَبًا١٢
wa-annā ẓanannā an lan nuʿ'jiza l-laha fī l-arḍi walan nuʿ'jizahu haraban

And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allāh upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.(12)

Word by word

  1. وَأَنَّاwa-annāAnd that we
  2. ظَنَنَّآẓanannā[we] have become certain
  3. أَنanthat
  4. لَّنlannever
  5. نُّعْجِزَnuʿ'jizawe will cause failure
  6. ٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Allah
  7. فِىfīin
  8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  9. وَلَنwalanand never
  10. نُّعْجِزَهُۥnuʿ'jizahuwe can escape Him
  11. هَرَبًاharaban(by) flight

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