← Surah 72

72:8

وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَـٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا

Word by word

وَأَنَّا
And that we
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
أَنَّPreposition — accusative
اNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
لَمَسْنَا
sought to touch
Verb
Root: لمس
Grammar (i'rab)
لَمَسْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
ٱلسَّمَآءَ
the heaven
Noun
Root: سمو
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلPreposition — definite، prefix
سَّمَآءَNoun — feminine، accusative
فَوَجَدْنَٰهَا
but we found it
Verb
Root: وجد
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
وَجَدْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَٰNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
هَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd fem. sing.
مُلِئَتْ
filled (with)
Verb
Root: ملأ
Grammar (i'rab)
مُلِئَتْVerb — perfect، passive، 3rd fem. sing.
حَرَسًا
guards
Noun
Root: حرس
Grammar (i'rab)
حَرَسًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative
شَدِيدًا
severe
Noun
Root: شدد
Grammar (i'rab)
شَدِيدًاNoun — masc. sing.، indefinite، accusative، adjective
وَشُهُبًا
and flaming fires
Noun
Root: شهب
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
شُهُبًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative

Translation

EN

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

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

We tried to reach heaven, but discovered it to be full of stern guards and shooting stars––

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

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.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

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

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

"Doğrusu biz göğü yokladık; onu sert bekçiler ve kayan ateşlerle (ışınlarla) doldurulmuş bulduk."

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

(Cinler, dediler ki): "Biz göğe dokunduk, onu kuvvetli bekçiler ve alevlerle dolu bulduk."

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Biz göğü de yokladık fakat onu güçlü koruyucularla, ışık huzmeleriyle doldurulmuş bulduk.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

وأنَّا- معشر الجن- طلبنا بلوغ السماء؛ لاستماع كلام أهلها، فوجدناها مُلئت بالملائكة الكثيرين الذين يحرسونها، وبالشهب المحرقة التي يُرمى بها مَن يقترب منها.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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