Surah Al-Jinn, Ayah 6 (72:6)

ٱلْجِنّ

وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا

Quran 72:6 is ayah 6 of Surah Al-Jinn (“The Jinn”), a Meccan surah of 28 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 572 of the Madani Mushaf.

72:6
وَأَنَّهُۥكَانَرِجَالٌمِّنَٱلْإِنسِيَعُوذُونَبِرِجَالٍمِّنَٱلْجِنِّفَزَادُوهُمْرَهَقًا٦
wa-annahu kāna rijālun mina l-insi yaʿūdhūna birijālin mina l-jini fazādūhum rahaqan

And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden [i.e., sin].(6)

Word by word

  1. وَأَنَّهُۥwa-annahuAnd that
  2. كَانَkāna(there) were
  3. رِجَالٌrijālunmen
  4. مِّنَminaamong
  5. ٱلْإِنسِl-insimankind
  6. يَعُوذُونَyaʿūdhūnawho sought refuge
  7. بِرِجَالٍbirijālinin (the) men
  8. مِّنَminafrom
  9. ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
  10. فَزَادُوهُمْfazādūhumso they increased them
  11. رَهَقًاrahaqan(in) burden

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