Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 158 (37:158)

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وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

Quran 37:158 is ayah 158 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 452 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:158
وَجَعَلُوا۟بَيْنَهُۥوَبَيْنَٱلْجِنَّةِنَسَبًا ۚوَلَقَدْعَلِمَتِٱلْجِنَّةُإِنَّهُمْلَمُحْضَرُونَ١٥٨
wajaʿalū baynahu wabayna l-jinati nasaban walaqad ʿalimati l-jinatu innahum lamuḥ'ḍarūna

And they have made [i.e., claimed] between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought [to punishment].(158)

Word by word

  1. وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalūAnd they have made
  2. بَيْنَهُۥbaynahubetween Him
  3. وَبَيْنَwabaynaand between
  4. ٱلْجِنَّةِl-jinatithe jinn
  5. نَسَبًا ۚnasabana relationship
  6. وَلَقَدْwalaqadbut certainly
  7. عَلِمَتِʿalimatiknow
  8. ٱلْجِنَّةُl-jinatuthe jinn
  9. إِنَّهُمْinnahumthat they
  10. لَمُحْضَرُونَlamuḥ'ḍarūna(will) surely be brought

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