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Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 10

سورة الجن، الآية ١٠

72:10 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 572 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 72:10

وَأَنَّا لَا نَدْرِىٓ أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ أَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَدًا ۝١٠

Transliteration

wa-annā lā nadrī asharrun urīda biman fī l-arḍi am arāda bihim rabbuhum rashadan

Translation

And we do not know [therefore] whether evil is intended for those on earth or whether their Lord intends for them a right course.

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Verse 10 of Surah Al-Jinn (72:10), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 572 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 10

Al-Mukhtasar

And that we do not know what is the cause of this stern guard, is it that evil is intended for those on earth, or does Allah intend good for them. News of the sky has been cut off from us.

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Other translations of verse 10

We do not know whether evil is intended for those on earth, or their Lord intends good for them.

‘And we know not whether evil is intended for those on earth, or whether their Lord intends for them a Right Path.

And we know not whether harm is boded unto all who are in the earth, or whether their Lord intendeth guidance for them.

'And we understand not whether ill is intended to those on earth, or whether their Lord (really) intends to guide them to right conduct.

And that we know not whether evil is meant for those who are on earth or whether their Lord means to bring them good:

And that we do not realize whether evil is willed for whoever are in the earth, or whether their Lord wills for them rectitude.

Verse 10 word by word

  1. وَأَنَّا wa-annā And that we
  2. لَا lā not
  3. نَدْرِىٓ nadrī we know د ر ي
  4. أَشَرٌّ asharrun whether evil ش ر ر
  5. أُرِيدَ urīda is intended ر و د
  6. بِمَن biman for (those) who
  7. فِى fī (are) in
  8. ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth أ ر ض
  9. أَمْ am or
  10. أَرَادَ arāda intends ر و د
  11. بِهِمْ bihim for them
  12. رَبُّهُمْ rabbuhum their Lord ر ب ب
  13. رَشَدًا rashadan a right path ر ش د

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