The Jinn 72:12

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Arabic English Morphology
وَأَنَّا wa-annā
And that we Prep
ظَنَنَّآ ẓanannā
[we] have become certain V
أَن an
that Prep
لَّن lan
never Prep
نُّعْجِزَ nuʿ'jiza
we will cause failure V
(to) Allah Noun
فِى
in Prep
the earth Noun
وَلَن walan
and never Prep
we can escape Him V
هَرَبًا haraban
(by) flight Noun

We know we can never frustrate God on earth; we can never escape Him

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّاۤ أَن لَّن نُّعۡجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَن نُّعۡجِزَهُۥ هَرَبࣰا ۝١٢

wa-annā ẓanannā an lan nuʿ'jiza l-laha fī l-arḍi walan nuʿ'jizahu haraba