وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعۡجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَن نُّعۡجِزَهُۥ هَرَبٗا ١٢
And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allāh upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَأَنَّاAnd that wewa-annā
- ظَنَنَّآ[we] have become certainẓanannā
- أَنthatan
- لَّنneverlan
- نُّعۡجِزَwe will cause failurenuʿ'jiza
- ٱللَّهَ(to) Allahl-laha
- فِيinfī
- ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
- وَلَنand neverwalan
- نُّعۡجِزَهُۥwe can escape Himnuʿ'jizahu
- هَرَبٗا(by) flightharaban
Tafsir
And that we are certain that we cannot escape Allah, may He be glorified, when He intends some matter for us. We will never be able to escape Him by fleeing because He surrounds us.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran