The Holy Quran 72:5 — Surah Al-Jinn

Arabic text

وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا

Translation

"...and we always thought that no human or Jinn could ever lie about Allaah.'” (We did not expect humans and Jinn to be bold enough to lie about Allaah. Consequently, we accepted the practices of Shirk that they told us, assuming it to be correct. We now know better.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, we thought that such a great number of jinn and men together, among whom there are also very intelligent and wise ones, would not dare to tell a lie about Almighty Allah. Thinking this, we too went astray. Now, on hearing the Quran, the truth has been laid bare, and we have been freed from the blind imitation of our predecessors.

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