سُوْرَةُ الْجِنِّ

Surah Al-Jinn (72) — Ayah 12

The Jinn · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 572

وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعْجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَن نُّعْجِزَهُۥ هَرَبًا ﴿12﴾
‘And we think that we cannot escape (the punishment of) Allâh in the earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.
وَأَنَّا wa-annā And that we
ظَنَنَّآ ẓanannā [we] have become certain
أَن an that
لَّن lan never
نُّعْجِزَ nuʿ'jiza we will cause failure
ٱللَّهَ l-laha (to) Allah
فِى in
ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth
وَلَن walan and never
نُّعْجِزَهُۥ nuʿ'jizahu we can escape Him
هَرَبًۭا haraban (by) flight

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.