Surah Al-Jinn · Ayah 12·Makkī

12

وَأَنَّا أَن لَّن فِى وَلَن ﴿١٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allah upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 5 roots in 6 of 11 words

Rarest here: ه-ر-ب — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 6 rule families

  • Ghunnah4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)4
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

11 words · 39 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 12 of 28

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 29:22 · Al-Ankabootclose

    وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    And you will not cause failure [to Allah] upon the earth or in the heaven. And you have not other than Allah any protector or any helper.

  • Quran 46:32 · Al-Ahqafclose

    وَمَن لَّا يُجِبْ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءُ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    But he who does not respond to the Caller of Allah will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."

  • Quran 8:59 · Al-Anfaalclose

    وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَبَقُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُمْ لَا يُعْجِزُونَ

    And let not those who disbelieve think they will escape. Indeed, they will not cause failure [to Allah].

  • Quran 72:5 · Al-Jinnclose

    وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا

    And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allah a lie.

  • Quran 9:115 · At-Tawbaclose

    وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُضِلَّ قَوْمًۢا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَىٰهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُبَيِّنَ لَهُم مَّا يَتَّقُونَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

    And Allah would not let a people stray after He has guided them until He makes clear to them what they should avoid. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of all things.

  • Quran 39:61 · Az-Zumarclose

    وَيُنَجِّى ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ بِمَفَازَتِهِمْ لَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلسُّوٓءُ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

    And Allah will save those who feared Him by their attainment; no evil will touch them, nor will they grieve.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Hud 11:332 shared roots

    قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ إِن شَآءَ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

    ع-ج-زأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shura 42:313 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    ع-ج-زأ-ر-ضأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:223 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    ع-ج-زأ-ر-ضأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:323 shared roots

    وَمَن لَّا يُجِبْ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءُ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ع-ج-زأ-ر-ضأ-ل-ه

  • Hud 11:203 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ يُضَٰعَفُ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يُبْصِرُونَ

    ع-ج-زأ-ر-ضأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Jinn 72:52 shared roots

    وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا

    ظ-ن-نأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 72:12?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 72:12 include Quran 29:22 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), Quran 46:32 (Surah Al-Ahqaf), Quran 8:59 (Surah Al-Anfaal), and Quran 72:5 (Surah Al-Jinn). For example, 29:22 reads: “And you will not cause failure [to Allah] upon the earth or in the heaven. And you have not other than Allah any protector or any helper.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 72:12 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 72:12 (Surah Al-Jinn, The Jinn) reads: “And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allah upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.”

Which surah is verse 72:12 in?

Quran 72:12 is āyah 12 of Surah Al-Jinn (The Jinn), chapter 72 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 28 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 72:12?

Tartīl presents Quran 72:12 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.