Surah Al-Jinn — Verse 10

The Jinn · 72:10 · 10/28

وَأَنَّا لَا نَدْرِىٓ أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ أَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَدًا

Waanna la nadree asharrunoreeda biman fee al-ardi am arada bihim rabbuhumrashada

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And we do not know [therefore] whether evil is intended for those on earth or whether their Lord intends for them a right course.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

[so now] we do not know whether those who live on earth are due for misfortune, or whether their Lord intends to guide them.

Marmaduke Pickthall

And we know not whether harm is boded unto all who are in the earth, or whether their Lord intendeth guidance for them.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

'And we understand not whether ill is intended to those on earth, or whether their Lord (really) intends to guide them to right conduct.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and that we do not know whether it is a bad end that is intended for those on earth, or their Lord has intended for them a right thing,

Al-Hilali & Khan

‘And we know not whether evil is intended for those on earth, or whether their Lord intends for them a Right Path.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

and that “we do not know whether evil is intended for those on the earth, or whether their Lord intends to direct them to the Right Way”;

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

"'And [now we have become aware] that we [created beings] may not know whether evil fortune is intended for [any of] those who live on earth, or whether it is their Sustainer’s will to endow them with consciousness of what is right: