Surah Al-Jinn — Verse 7

The Jinn · 72:7 · 7/28

وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا۟ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن لَّن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدًا

Waannahum thannoo kama thanantuman lan yabAAatha Allahu ahada

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And they had thought, as you thought, that Allāh would never send anyone [as a messenger].

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

They thought, as you did, that God would never raise anyone from the dead.

Marmaduke Pickthall

And indeed they supposed, even as ye suppose, that Allah would not raise anyone (from the dead) -

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise up any one (to Judgment).

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and that they (humans) thought as you (O Jinns) thought that Allah will never resurrect anyone,

Al-Hilali & Khan

‘And they thought as you thought, that Allâh will not send any Messenger (to mankind or jinn).

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

and that “they thought, even as you thought, that Allah would never raise anyone (as a Messenger)”;

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

so much so that they came to think, as you [once] thought, that God would never [again] send forth anyone [as His apostle].