Surah Al-Jinn (الجن) • The Jinn

Quran 72:6

72:6

وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا

wa-annahu kāna rijālun mina l-insi yaʿūdhūna birijālin mina l-jini fazādūhum rahaqan

And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden [i.e., sin].

— Saheeh International

Men have sought refuge with the jinn in the past, but they only misguided them further.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

‘And verily, there were men among mankind who took shelter with the males among the jinn, but they (jinn) increased them (mankind) in sin and transgression.

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

Juz 29Page 572meccan

Word by Word

وَأَنَّهُۥwa-annahuAnd that
كَانَkāna(there) were
رِجَالٌۭrijālunmen
مِّنَminaamong
ٱلْإِنسِl-insimankind
يَعُوذُونَyaʿūdhūnawho sought refuge
بِرِجَالٍۢbirijālinin (the) men
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
فَزَادُوهُمْfazādūhumso they increased them
رَهَقًۭاrahaqan(in) burden