Surah Al-Jinn, Ayah 17 (72:17)

ٱلْجِنّ

لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن يُعْرِضْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِۦ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًا صَعَدًا

Quran 72:17 is ayah 17 of Surah Al-Jinn (“The Jinn”), a Meccan surah of 28 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 573 of the Madani Mushaf.

72:17
لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْفِيهِ ۚوَمَنيُعْرِضْعَنذِكْرِرَبِّهِۦيَسْلُكْهُعَذَابًاصَعَدًا١٧
linaftinahum fīhi waman yuʿ'riḍ ʿan dhik'ri rabbihi yasluk'hu ʿadhāban ṣaʿadan

So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord He will put into arduous punishment.(17)

Word by word

  1. لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْlinaftinahumThat We might test them
  2. فِيهِ ۚfīhitherein
  3. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  4. يُعْرِضْyuʿ'riḍturns away
  5. عَنʿanfrom
  6. ذِكْرِdhik'rithe Remembrance
  7. رَبِّهِۦrabbihi(of) his Lord
  8. يَسْلُكْهُyasluk'huHe will make him enter
  9. عَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment
  10. صَعَدًاṣaʿadansevere

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