Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Jinn Verse 7

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and that they (humans) thought as you (O Jinns) thought that Allah will never resurrect anyone,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And those ˹humans˺ thought, just like you ˹jinn˺, that Allah would not resurrect anyone ˹for judgment˺.

Ruwwad Translation Center

They thought, just like you [jinn] thought that Allah would never send any messenger.

A. J. Arberry

and they thought, even as you also thought, that God would never raise up anyone.

Abdul Haleem

They thought, as you did, that God would never raise anyone from the dead.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And indeed they imagined, even as ye imagined, that Allah will not raise any one.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise up any one (to Judgment).

Abul Ala Maududi

and that “they thought, even as you thought, that Allah would never raise anyone (as a Messenger)”;

Ahmed Ali

So they began to think, even as you do, that God would not resurrect any one.

Ahmed Raza Khan

‘And that they assumed, like you humans assume, that Allah would not send any Noble Messenger.’

Ali Quli Qarai

They thought, just as you think, that Allah will not raise anyone from the dead.

Ali Ünal

‘And they (those men) have thought, as you have thought, that God would never raise anyone (as Messenger from among them).

Amatul Rahman Omar

"These men (from the jinn) believed even as you believe that Allâh would raise no one (as Messenger).

English Literal

`And that they thought/assumed as/like you thought/assumed , that (E) God will never/not send/resurrect/revive anyone.`

Faridul Haque

‘And that they assumed, like you humans assume, that Allah would not send any Noble Messenger.’

Hamid S. Aziz

"And they thought as you think, that Allah would not raise anyone (to be judged):

Hilali & Khan

'And they thought as you thought, that Allah will not send any Messenger (to mankind or jinns).

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And some of us are good and others of us are below that -- we are sects following different ways:

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And that they thought as you think, that Allah would not raise anyone:

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And indeed they supposed, even as ye suppose, that Allah would not raise anyone (from the dead) -

Muhammad Sarwar

Those people thought, like you, that God would never send down a Messenger.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Like you, they thought that Allah would never raise the dead.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

`And they thought as you thought, that Allah will not send any Messenger.'

Wahiduddin Khan

They thought, as you did, that God would never raise up anyone from the dead.

Talal Itani

They thought, as you thought, that God would never resurrect anyone.

Tafsir jalalayn

And they, namely, the jinn, thought just as you, O humans, thought, that (an; softened in place of the hardened form, that is to say, annahu) God would never raise anyone, after his death.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And they thought as you thought that Allah will not send any Messenger.'

meaning, Allah would never send a Messenger after this long period of time.

This was said by Al-Kalbi and Ibn Jarir