We realized that we cannot defeat Allah on earth, and that we cannot escape Him by fleeing.
Al-Jinn 72:12
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وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ نُعْجِزَ اللَّهَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَنْ نُعْجِزَهُ هَرَبًا
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We realized that we cannot defeat God on earth, and that we cannot escape Him by fleeing.
We thought we couldn't escape from Allah on Earth, and we couldn't run away from Him.
And we know we can never escape from Allah on earth, nor can we run away from Him.
And we have realized that we can never escape God on earth, nor can we escape Him by fleeing.
And we knew for certain that we could never thwart Allah on earth; nor could we ever thwart Him by fleeing.
And we knew for certain that we could never thwart God on earth; nor could we ever thwart Him by fleeing.
And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allāh upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.
‘And we think that we cannot escape (the punishment of) Allâh in the earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.
We have realized that we can never escape Allah on earth, nor can we ever escape Him by fleeing.
'But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.
And we know that we cannot escape from Allah in the earth, nor can we escape by flight.
We have realized that we could never thwart God on earth and that we would never be able to thwart Him by flight.
and that “we thought that we will neither be able to frustrate Allah on earth, nor frustrate Him by flight”;
We know that we cannot frustrate Allah on the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by fleeing.
Wanna thananna an lan nuAAjiza Allaha fee alardi walan nuAAjizahu haraban