Surah Al-Jinn (الجن) • The Jinn

Quran 72:4

72:4

وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطًا

wa-annahu kāna yaqūlu safīhunā ʿalā l-lahi shaṭaṭan

And that our foolish one [i.e., Iblees] has been saying about Allāh an excessive transgression.

— Saheeh International

Outrageous things have been said about God by the foolish among us,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

‘And that the foolish among us [i.e. Iblîs (Satan) or the polytheists amongst the jinn] used to utter against Allâh that which was an enormity in falsehood.

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

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Word by Word

وَأَنَّهُۥwa-annahuAnd that he
كَانَkānaused to
يَقُولُyaqūluspeak
سَفِيهُنَاsafīhunāthe foolish among us
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
شَطَطًۭاshaṭaṭanan excessive transgression