Surah Al-Jinn (الجن) • The Jinn

Quran 72:17

72:17

لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن يُعْرِضْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِۦ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًا صَعَدًا

linaftinahum fīhi waman yuʿ'riḍ ʿan dhik'ri rabbihi yasluk'hu ʿadhāban ṣaʿadan

So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord He will put into arduous punishment.

— Saheeh International

a test for them––but anyone who turns away from his Lord’s Revelation will be sent by Him to spiralling torment.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

That We might try them thereby. And whosoever turns away from the Reminder of his Lord (i.e. this Qur’ân, - and practise not its laws and orders), He will cause him to enter in a severe torment (i.e. Hell).

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

Juz 29Page 573meccan

Word by Word

لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْlinaftinahumThat We might test them
فِيهِۚfīhitherein
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يُعْرِضْyuʿ'riḍturns away
عَنʿanfrom
ذِكْرِdhik'rithe Remembrance
رَبِّهِۦrabbihi(of) his Lord
يَسْلُكْهُyasluk'huHe will make him enter
عَذَابًۭاʿadhābana punishment
صَعَدًۭاṣaʿadansevere