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Al-Jinn 6

Ayah 6 of 28 · Meccan

وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمۡ رَهَقٗا ٦

And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden [i.e., sin].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَنَّهُۥAnd thatwa-annahu
  2. كَانَ(there) werekāna
  3. رِجَالٞmenrijālun
  4. مِّنَamongmina
  5. ٱلۡإِنسِmankindl-insi
  6. يَعُوذُونَwho sought refugeyaʿūdhūna
  7. بِرِجَالٖin (the) menbirijālin
  8. مِّنَfrommina
  9. ٱلۡجِنِّthe jinnl-jini
  10. فَزَادُوهُمۡso they increased themfazādūhum
  11. رَهَقٗا(in) burdenrahaqan

Tafsir

And that in the period of ignorance, some men from mankind used to seek protection in the jinn when they came to a frightening place. One of them would say: I seek protection in the leader of this valley from the evil of the foolish ones of his people. As a result, human beings became more afraid and terrified of the jinn.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran