وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلۡإِنسُ وَٱلۡجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا ٥
And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allāh a lie.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَأَنَّاAnd that wewa-annā
- ظَنَنَّآthoughtẓanannā
- أَنthatan
- لَّنneverlan
- تَقُولَwill saytaqūla
- ٱلۡإِنسُthe menl-insu
- وَٱلۡجِنُّand the jinnwal-jinu
- عَلَىagainstʿalā
- ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
- كَذِبٗاany liekadhiban
Tafsir
And that we thought that the idolaters from among mankind and the jinn were not speaking lies when they claimed that He had a wife and child, so we accepted their statement blindly following them.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran