Quran Quote  :  Ask them: "Whose is the earth and those who are in it? Tell us if you know"

    • Quran-72:12 Surah Al-jinn English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

    وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعۡجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَن نُّعۡجِزَهُۥ هَرَبٗا

    Transliteration:( Wa annaa zanan naaa al lan nu'jizal laaha fil ardi wa lan nu'jizahoo haraba )

    12. "And we know that we cannot frustrate Allah in the earth, nor can we escape [20] him by flight." (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

    (12) And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allāh upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight. (Saheen International Translation)

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    Surah Al-Jinn Ayat 12 Tafsir (Commentry)



    • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
    • Ibn Kathir
    • Ala-Madudi
    • Shaheen International

    20. From this, we learn that to turn away from Allah Almighty is an evil act but to turn towards Him is an act of good. Says Allah Almighty: "Therefore flee towards Allah" (S51:V50). By running away from Allah Almighty means during times of difficulties one turns towards sins, or to the temple of idols, or to devilish designs; while fleeing towards

    Allah Almighty would mean in times of difficulties turn towards piety, towards the - mosques, towards the pious sages of Allah Almighty which, in reality, is fleeing towards Allah Almighty. Says Allah Almighty: "And if when they do injustice unto their souls, O Beloved! They should come to you" (S4:V64).

    Ibn-Kathir

    The tafsir of Surah Jinn verse 12 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
    Please refer to Surah Jinn ayat 11 which provides the complete commentary from verse 11 through 17.

    (72:12) and that “we thought that we will neither be able to frustrate Allah on earth, nor frustrate Him by flight”;[12]

    Ala-Maududi

    (72:12) and that “we thought that we will neither be able to frustrate Allah on earth, nor frustrate Him by flight”;[12]

    12. That is, we were led by this very idea to the way of success. As we were not fearless of Allah and we believed that we would not be able to avoid His punishment if we disobeyed Him. So when we heard the divine revelation that had been sent to show the right way, we could not have the courage and boldness to persist in the beliefs that our foolish people had spread among us after we have known the truth.

    (12) And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allāh upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.

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