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الجن

Al-Jinn Surah 72

Verse 9

الجن

The Jinn • makkah

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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

English - Five Volume Translation

English - Short Commentary Translation

English - Topics

72:9

وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

‘And we sought to reach heaven, but we found it filled with strong guards and shooting stars.

English - Five Volume Translation

And we sought to reach heaven, but we found it filled with strong guards and shooting stars[a].[4402]

15:17-19; 37:7-9.

Important Words:

حرساً (guards) is derived from حرس which means, he guarded, took care; he stole or stole by night. حرس (harasun) is the plural of حراس which means, a guard or guardian; a thief, used ironically because guardians are sometimes found to be thieves (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

The verse shows that when a Divine Reformer is about to make his appearance in the world, an unusual shooting of stars takes place. It is to this exceptional natural phenomenon that reference is made in this verse. "Seeking to reach heaven," means, trying to steal the secrets of the unknown. See next verse.

English - Short Commentary Translation

‘And we sought to reach heaven,[3141] but we found it filled with strong guards and [b]shooting stars,

15:17-19; 37:7-9.

The expression, 'Seeking to reach heaven,' means, trying to steal the secrets of the unknown. When a Divine Reformer is about to make his appearance in the world, an unusual shooting of stars takes place. It is to this exceptional natural phenomenon that reference seems to have been made in this verse.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور یقیناً ہم نے آسمان کو ٹٹولا تو اُسے کڑے محافظوں اور آگ کے شعلوں سے بھرا ہوا پایا۔

French

Et, en vérité, nous avons cherché à atteindre le ciel, mais nous l’avons trouvé rempli de gardes solides et de flammes de feu,

German

Und wir suchten den Himmel, doch wir fanden ihn mit starken Wächtern und schießenden Sternen erfüllt.

Chinese

“我们曾试图上达天体[1501] (获得安拉的知识,) 但我们发现它充满了[b]坚强的警戒和流星,

15:17-19; 37:7-9.

“试图上达天体” 这句的意思是, 企图偷偷得到未知领域的奥秘。当真主的复兴者行将出现在世界上的时候, 就产生了不同寻常的流星。这节经文里所指的似乎就是这个意外的自然现象。

Italian

E noi cercammo di raggiungere il cielo, ma lo trovammo pieno di custodi severi e di stelle cadenti,

Spanish

“E intentamos llegar al cielo, pero lo encontramos lleno de fuertes guardianes y estrellas brillantes”.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور ہم نے آسمان کو چھوا (یعنی آسمانی علوم حاصل کرنے کی کوشش کی) مگر ہم نے اس کو مضبوط پہرہ داروں اور شہاب ثاقب سے بھرا ہوا پایا۔

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

اور یہ کہ "ہم نے آسمان کو ٹٹولا تو دیکھا کہ وہ پہرے داروں سے پٹا پڑا ہے اور شہابوں کی بارش ہو رہی ہے"

English - Sahih

And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اور ہم نے آسمان کو ٹٹولا تو ہم نے اسے سخت پہروں اور شعلوں سے بھرا ہو ا پایا

English - Talal Itani

And that we sought to touch the heaven but we found it filled (with) guards severe, and flaming fires.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

15:17-19; 37:7-9.

1501

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

And we stretched towards heaven, but we found it filled with terrible guards and meteors.

English - Maududi

and that “we tried to pry (the secrets of) the heaven, but we found it full of terrible guards and shooting meteors”;

English - Ahmed Ali

We sought to pry into the secrets of the heavens, but found it full of fierce guards and shooting flames.

English - Yusuf Ali

'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

15:17-19; 37:7-9.

4402

Important Words:

Commentary:

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

15:17-19; 37:7-9.

3141

English - Pickthall

And (the Jinn who had listened to the Qur'an said): We had sought the heaven but had found it filled with strong warders and meteors.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And we know not whether evil is meant for those on earth or whether their Lord means to direct them aright:

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

We sought to obtain some knowledge of divine revelation, but we found it guarded by strong guards and flaming fire.

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