Quran 72 : 12

And that we [we] have become certain that never we will cause failure (to) Allah in the earth and never we can escape Him (by) flight.
وَأَنَّا
Waannā
ظَنَنَّآ
Ẓanannaa
أَن
Aan
لَّن
Llan
نُّعْجِزَ
Nnuʿjiza
ٱللَّهَ
Allaha
فِى
Fiā
ٱلْأَرْضِ
Alaarḍi
وَلَن
Walan
نُّعْجِزَهُۥ
Nnuʿjizahu
هَرَبًا
Harabana

Abdel Haleem

We know we can never frustrate God on earth; we can never escape Him

Bijan Moeinian

“We know well that on earth or in the space we can not escape God.”

N J Dawood 2014

We know we cannot escape on earth from God, nor can we elude His grasp by flight

Ali Quli Qara'i

We know that we cannot thwart Allah on the earth, nor can we thwart Him by fleeing

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

We’ve realized that we can’t escape God on Earth, nor can we evade Him by fleeing.

Musharraf Hussain

and we know we won’t frustrate Allah on the Earth, nor manage to run away from Him.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And we know that we cannot escape Allah in the earth, nor can we escape Him by flight

Mustaqim

And we figured that we cannot outwit Allah on earth and cannot outwit Him by fleeing.

Aisha Bewley

We realised we would never thwart Allah on earth and would never thwart Him by flight,

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And we know that we cannot escape from Allah in the earth, nor can we escape by flight

Muhammad Sarwar

We knew that we could never challenge God whether we stayed on earth or fled elsewhere

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

We know that we cannot frustrate Allah in the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight

Talal Itani (2012)

We realized that we cannot defeat God on earth, and that we cannot escape Him by fleeing

Mir Aneesuddin

And we know that we can neither defeat Allah in the earth nor can we defeat Him by flight.

Shakir

And that we know that we cannot escape Allah in the earth, nor can we escape Him by flight

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And we known that we cannot frustrate Allah in the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

"And we acknowledge that we cannot escape God on the earth, nor can we escape Him if we run."

Ahmed Ali

We realised that we could not weaken the power of God on earth, nor outpace Him by running away

T.B.Irving

"We supposed we would never escape God on earth, and we shall never escape Him by fleeing.

The Wise Quran

And that we, we know that we cannot escape God in the earth, and we cannot escape Him by fleeing.

Irving/Hegab

"We supposed we would never escape Allah (God) on earth, and we shall never escape Him by fleeing.

Bilal Muhammad 2018

“ ‘But we know that by no means can we stop God throughout the earth, nor can we stop Him by flight

The Study Quran

We knew for certain that we could never thwart God on earth; nor could we ever thwart Him by fleeing

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And that we surmised that we can never defy Allah in the earth, and we can never defy Him by escaping

Sher Ali

`And we know that we cannot frustrate the plan of ALLAH in the earth, nor can we escape HIM by flight

John Medows Rodwell

And verily we thought that no one could weaken God on earth, neither could we escape from him by flight

Edward Henry Palmer

'"And we thought that we could not frustrate God in the earth, and could not frustrate Him by flight

Rashad Khalifa

" `We knew full well that we can never run away from GOD on Earth; we can never run away and escape.

Faridul Haque

‘And we are certain that we cannot defeat Allah in the earth, nor can we run out of His grasp.’

Bakhtiari Nejad

And we know that we will never make God powerless on the earth, and we will never escape Him by running away.

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and that we have now believed that we can never frustrate Allah on the earth, nor can we baffle Him by escape

Syed Vickar Ahamed

" ‘But we think that we cannot resist Allah all through the earth, nor can we resist Him by flight

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

'But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight

Mohammad Shafi

"`And that we do think we cannot frustate Allah on the earth, nor can we escape from Him by fleeing.'"

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allah upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight

Wahiduddin Khan

We have realized that we could never thwart God on earth and that we would never be able to thwart Him by flight

George Sale

And we verily thought that we could by no means frustrate God in the earth, neither could we escape Him by flight

Linda "iLham" Barto

“‘But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And we, truly, thought that we will never be able to weaken God on the earth and we will never weaken Him by flight.

Maududi

and that "we thought that we will neither be able to frustrate Allah on earth, nor frustrate Him by flight"

Ahmed Hulusi

“And we have become certain that we can never invalidate Allah’s command upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.”

Safi Kaskas

And we have come to realize that we can never evade God living on earth, nor can we evade Him by escaping [from life].

Shabbir Ahmed

"Now we know that wherever we are in the earth, we cannot defy the Laws of Allah nor can we flee to escape."

Arthur John Arberry

Indeed, we thought that we should never be able to frustrate God in the earth, neither be able to frustrate Him by flight

Hamid S. Aziz

"But we know that we cannot escape (or frustrate) Allah in the earth, nor can we escape (or frustrate) Him by flight

Abdul Hye

And we know that we can neither escape (punishment of) Allah in the earth nor can we escape (punishment of) Him by flight.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

˹Now,˺ we truly know that we cannot frustrate Allah on earth, nor can we escape from Him ˹into heaven˺.

Ali Ünal

‘We have come to know that we can by no means frustrate God (in His will on the earth), nor can we frustrate Him by flight

Hilali - Khan

And we think that we cannot escape (from the punishment of) Allah in the earth, nor can we escape (from the punishment) by flight

Corpus.Quran

And that we [we] have become certain that never we will cause failure (to) Allah in the earth and never we can escape Him (by) flight

MunirMezyed2023

Now we have come to know that we could never frustrate the power of Allâh on the earth, neither could we frustrate His power by flight.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And that we are convinced that in no case we can ever go out of the control of Allah in the earth nor we can go out of His control by flying.

Fode Drame

And that indeed we thought that we will never go beyond the reach of Allah in the earth and that we will never go beyond His reach by flight.

Samy Mahdy

And surely, we have assumed that we will never cause incapacitation of Allah on the earth, nor can we cause incapacitation of Him by escaping.

Munir Mezyed

We have come to know with certainty that we could never frustrate the power of Allâh on the earth, neither could we frustrate His power by flight.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And we have ascertained that we can by no means come in the way of Allah (whilst living) in the earth, nor can we thwart Him by escaping (from the earth)

Dr. Munir Munshey

"We have come to realize that we will never (be able to) evade Allah on earth. Nor can we ever evade Him if we run away (and leave the earth)."

Amatul Rahman Omar

"And we have come to know for certain that we can never frustrate the purpose of Allah in the earth, nor can we escape Him by flight (in any direction)

Muhammad Asad

"'And, withal, we have come to know that we can never elude God [while we live] on earth, and that we can never elude Him by escaping [from life]

Dr. Kamal Omar

And that we: we have (now) realised that we would never frustrate Allah (in His plan) concerning the earth; and we would never frustrate Him through flight (from His Dominion)

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

'And that we, we thought/assumed that (E) we will never/not disable/frustrate God in the earth/Planet Earth, and we will never/not disable/frustrate Him (by) escaping/fleeing .