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Verse (72:8) - English Translation

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Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the eighth verse of chapter 72 (sūrat l-jin). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (72) sūrat l-jin (The Jinn)

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

Pickthall: And (the Jinn who had listened to the Qur'an said): We had sought the heaven but had found it filled with strong warders and meteors.

Yusuf Ali: 'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.

Shakir: And that we sought to reach heaven, but we found it filled with strong guards and flaming stars.

Muhammad Sarwar: "We went near the heavens but found it to be full of strong guards and shooting flames.

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

Arberry: And we stretched towards heaven, but we found it filled with terrible guards and meteors.

See Also

Language Research Group
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