← Surah 72

72:8

وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَـٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا

Word by word

وَأَنَّا
And that we
Preposition
لَمَسْنَا
sought to touch
Verb
Root: لمس
ٱلسَّمَآءَ
the heaven
Noun
Root: سمو
فَوَجَدْنَٰهَا
but we found it
Verb
Root: وجد
مُلِئَتْ
filled (with)
Verb
Root: ملأ
حَرَسًا
guards
Noun
Root: حرس
شَدِيدًا
severe
Noun
Root: شدد
وَشُهُبًا
and flaming fires
Noun
Root: شهب

Translation

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

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

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

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

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

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-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. Pickthall · EN · public-domain