Surah Al-Jinn (الجن) • The Jinn

Quran 72:12

72:12

وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعْجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَن نُّعْجِزَهُۥ هَرَبًا

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.

— Saheeh International

We know we can never frustrate God on earth; we can never escape Him.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

‘And we think that we cannot escape (the punishment of) Allâh in the earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَأَنَّاwa-annāAnd that we
ظَنَنَّآẓanannā[we] have become certain
أَنanthat
لَّنlannever
نُّعْجِزَnuʿ'jizawe will cause failure
ٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Allah
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَلَنwalanand never
نُّعْجِزَهُۥnuʿ'jizahuwe can escape Him
هَرَبًۭاharaban(by) flight