Surah Al-Jinn, Ayah 7 (72:7)

ٱلْجِنّ

وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا۟ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن لَّن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدًا

Quran 72:7 is ayah 7 of Surah Al-Jinn (“The Jinn”), a Meccan surah of 28 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 572 of the Madani Mushaf.

72:7
وَأَنَّهُمْظَنُّوا۟كَمَاظَنَنتُمْأَنلَّنيَبْعَثَٱللَّهُأَحَدًا٧
wa-annahum ẓannū kamā ẓanantum an lan yabʿatha l-lahu aḥadan

And they had thought, as you thought, that Allāh would never send anyone [as a messenger].(7)

Word by word

  1. وَأَنَّهُمْwa-annahumAnd that they
  2. ظَنُّوا۟ẓannūthought
  3. كَمَاkamāas
  4. ظَنَنتُمْẓanantumyou thought
  5. أَنanthat
  6. لَّنlannever
  7. يَبْعَثَyabʿathawill raise
  8. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  9. أَحَدًاaḥadananyone

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