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Al-Jinn 1

Ayah 1 of 28 · Meccan

قُلۡ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسۡتَمَعَ نَفَرٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا سَمِعۡنَا قُرۡءَانًا عَجَبٗا ١

Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. أُوحِيَIt has been revealedūḥiya
  3. إِلَيَّto meilayya
  4. أَنَّهُthatannahu
  5. ٱسۡتَمَعَlistenedis'tamaʿa
  6. نَفَرٞa groupnafarun
  7. مِّنَofmina
  8. ٱلۡجِنِّthe jinnl-jini
  9. فَقَالُوٓاْand they saidfaqālū
  10. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  11. سَمِعۡنَاheardsamiʿ'nā
  12. قُرۡءَانًاa Quranqur'ānan
  13. عَجَبٗاamazingʿajaban

Tafsir

Say, O Messenger, to your nation: Allah revealed to me that a group of Jinn listened to my recitation of the Qur’ān in Batn Nakhla. When they went back to their people they said to them: We have heard a recited speech that is impressive in its clarity and eloquence.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran