Quran 72:12
Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 12
Juz 29 · Page 572 · Ruku 506 · Meccan
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعْجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَن نُّعْجِزَهُۥ هَرَبًا
Word by word
وَأَنَّا wa-annā And that we ظَنَنَّآ ẓanannā [we] have become certain أَن an that لَّن lan never نُّعْجِزَ nuʿ'jiza we will cause failure ٱللَّهَ l-laha (to) Allah فِى fī in ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth وَلَن walan and never نُّعْجِزَهُۥ nuʿ'jizahu we can escape Him هَرَبًۭا haraban (by) flight
Transliteration
Wanna thanannaan lan nuAAjiza Allaha fee al-ardi walan nuAAjizahuharaba
Translations
Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
And we know that we cannot escape from Allah in the earth, nor can we escape by flight.
Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali
'But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.
تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir
وقوله : ( وأنا ظننا أن لن نعجز الله في الأرض ولن نعجزه هربا ) أي : نعلم أن قدرة الله حاكمة علينا وأنا لا نعجزه في الأرض ، ولو أمعنا في الهرب ، فإنه علينا قادر لا يعجزه أحد منا .