Surah Al-Jinn — Verse 8

The Jinn · 72:8 · 8/28

وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَـٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا

Waanna lamasna assamaafawajadnaha muli-at harasan shadeedanwashuhuba

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

We tried to reach heaven, but discovered it to be full of stern guards and shooting stars––

Marmaduke 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.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and that we sought (to reach) the sky, but we found it filled with stern guards and flames,

Al-Hilali & Khan

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

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

and that “we tried to pry (the secrets of) the heaven, but we found it full of terrible guards and shooting meteors”;

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

"'And [so it happened] that we reached out towards heaven: but we found it filled with mighty guards and flames,