72:17

Al-Jinn · Ayah 17

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Translation

That We might test them

Word Breakdown

لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ

That We might test them

Word Breakdown

لِّHarf · Purpose particle

Preposition: causes the following noun to be genitive

so that

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نَفْتِنَFi'l · Verb

1st personPluralPresentSubjunctive

Rootفتن

★★★★Common

to test, trial, temptation, oppression, persecution

Lemmaفَتَنُ

Verb (form I) - to persecute, to test, to try

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هُمْIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Subjunctive verb

لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ (That We might test them) is in the subjunctive mood — it comes after a particle like أن ("that") or لن ("will not"), which changes its ending.

We translate it as "to [verb]" or "that [someone] [verb]".

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Purpose لِ (so that)

لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ (That We might test them) starts with لِ showing purpose — it means "so that" or "in order to".

We add "so that" or "in order to" before the verb.

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Sahih International

So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord He will put into arduous punishment.

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