The Holy Quran 72:17 — Surah Al-Jinn

Arabic text

لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن يُعْرِضْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِۦ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًا صَعَدًا

Translation

...to test them with it (to ascertain whether they will express gratitude or not). Whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Rabb (from Imaan and Ibaadah), We shall enter him into a severe punishment.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The worldly benefits of faith: that is, if the jinn and men had walked on the straight path of truth, We would have watered them with outward and inward blessings by virtue of their faith and obedience; and in this too there would have been a test for them: whether, on enjoying the blessings, they give thanks and progress further in obedience, or, by being…

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