Al-Jinn
72:7

Al-Jinn · Ayah 7

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Translation

And that they

Word Breakdown

وَأَنَّهُمْ

And that they

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

أَنَّHarf · Accusative particle

that

Lemmaأَنّ
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

Conjunction وَ (and)
وَأَنَّهُمْ (And that they) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Emphasis particle إنّ (indeed)
وَأَنَّهُمْ (And that they) is an emphasis particle — it means "indeed" or "verily" and stresses what comes next.
We add "indeed" to emphasize the statement.

Sahih International

And they had thought, as you thought, that Allāh would never send anyone [as a messenger].

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