Surah Al-Jinn (الجن) • The Jinn

Quran 72:8

72:8

وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَـٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا

wa-annā lamasnā l-samāa fawajadnāhā muli-at ḥarasan shadīdan washuhuban

And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.

— Saheeh International

We tried to reach heaven, but discovered it to be full of stern guards and shooting stars––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

‘And we have sought to reach the heaven; but found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.

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

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Word by Word

وَأَنَّاwa-annāAnd that we
لَمَسْنَاlamasnāsought to touch
ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe heaven
فَوَجَدْنَـٰهَاfawajadnāhābut we found it
مُلِئَتْmuli-atfilled (with)
حَرَسًۭاḥarasanguards
شَدِيدًۭاshadīdansevere
وَشُهُبًۭاwashuhubanand flaming fires