Surah Al-Jinn (الجن) • The Jinn

Quran 72:9

72:9

وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَـٰعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ ۖ فَمَن يَسْتَمِعِ ٱلْـَٔانَ يَجِدْ لَهُۥ شِهَابًا رَّصَدًا

wa-annā kunnā naqʿudu min'hā maqāʿida lilssamʿi faman yastamiʿi l-āna yajid lahu shihāban raṣadan

And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing, but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.

— Saheeh International

we used to sit in places there, listening, but anyone trying to listen now will find a shooting star lying in wait for him––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

‘And verily, we used to sit there in stations, to (steal) a hearing, but any who listens now will find a flaming fire watching him in ambush.

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

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Word by Word

وَأَنَّاwa-annāAnd that we
كُنَّاkunnāused to
نَقْعُدُnaqʿudusit
مِنْهَاmin'hāthere in
مَقَـٰعِدَmaqāʿidapositions
لِلسَّمْعِۖlilssamʿifor hearing
فَمَنfamanbut (he) who
يَسْتَمِعِyastamiʿilistens
ٱلْـَٔانَl-ānanow
يَجِدْyajidwill find
لَهُۥlahufor him
شِهَابًۭاshihābana flaming fire
رَّصَدًۭاraṣadanwaiting