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Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 4

سورة الجن، الآية ٤

72:4 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 572 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 72:4

وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطًا ۝٤

Transliteration

wa-annahu kāna yaqūlu safīhunā ʿalā l-lahi shaṭaṭan

Translation

And that our foolish one [i.e., Iblees]1766 has been saying about Allāh an excessive transgression.

Notes

[1766] A plural form may also be understood, i.e., "the foolish ones among us."

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Verse 4 of Surah Al-Jinn (72:4), 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 4

Al-Mukhtasar

And that Iblis made an errant statement about Allah by attributing a wife and child to Him, may He be glorified.

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Other translations of verse 4

and that the fool among us [i.e., Satan] used to say outrageous things about Allah2,

Notes

[2] i.e., Satan tempted humans to believe that Allah has a wife and children, and that the angels are Allah's daughters.

‘And that the foolish among us [i.e. Iblîs (Satan) or the polytheists amongst the jinn] used to utter against Allâh that which was an enormity in falsehood.

And that the foolish one among us used to speak concerning Allah an atrocious lie.

'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against Allah;

And that the foolish amongst us used to forge extravagant things against Allah:

And that the foolish (ones) among us used to speak against Allah unjudiciously.

Verse 4 word by word

  1. وَأَنَّهُۥ wa-annahu And that he
  2. كَانَ kāna used to ك و ن
  3. يَقُولُ yaqūlu speak ق و ل
  4. سَفِيهُنَا safīhunā the foolish among us س ف ه
  5. عَلَى ʿalā against
  6. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  7. شَطَطًا shaṭaṭan an excessive transgression ش ط ط

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