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Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 11

سورة الجن، الآية ١١

72:11 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 572 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 72:11

وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدًا ۝١١

Transliteration

wa-annā minnā l-ṣāliḥūna waminnā dūna dhālika kunnā ṭarāiqa qidadan

Translation

And among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.1768

Notes

[1768] In opinion, belief and religious practice.

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Verse 11 of Surah Al-Jinn (72:11), 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 11

Al-Mukhtasar

And that we - the group of jinn-: some of us are Allah-conscious and righteous whilst some of us are disbelievers and sinners. We are of different types and of diverse persuasions.

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Other translations of verse 11

Among us are some who are righteous and some who are otherwise, for we follow divergent ways4.

Notes

[4] In beliefs and religious duties.

‘There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary; we are groups having different ways (religious sects).

And among us there are righteous folk and among us there are far from that. We are sects having different rules.

'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths.

And that some of us are good and others of us are below that: we are sects following different ways:

And that among us are the righteous, and among us are lesser than that; (i.e., besides that) we have been of discrete roads.

Verse 11 word by word

  1. وَأَنَّا wa-annā And that [we]
  2. مِنَّا minnā among us
  3. ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ l-ṣāliḥūna (are) the righteous ص ل ح
  4. وَمِنَّا waminnā and among us
  5. دُونَ dūna (are) other than د و ن
  6. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
  7. كُنَّا kunnā We ك و ن
  8. طَرَآئِقَ ṭarāiqa (are on) ways ط ر ق
  9. قِدَدًا qidadan different ق د د

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