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Al-Jinn 11

Ayah 11 of 28 · Meccan

وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَۖ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدٗا ١١

And among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In opinion, belief and religious practice.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَنَّاAnd that [we]wa-annā
  2. مِنَّاamong usminnā
  3. ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ(are) the righteousl-ṣāliḥūna
  4. وَمِنَّاand among uswaminnā
  5. دُونَ(are) other thandūna
  6. ذَٰلِكَۖthatdhālika
  7. كُنَّاWekunnā
  8. طَرَآئِقَ(are on) waysṭarāiqa
  9. قِدَدٗاdifferentqidadan

Tafsir

And that we - the group of jinn-: some of us are Allah-conscious and righteous whilst some of us are disbelievers and sinners. We are of different types and of diverse persuasions.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran