Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Jinn, Ayah 12
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعْجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَن نُّعْجِزَهُۥ هَرَبًۭا
And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allah upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.
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(And we know) and are certain (that we cannot escape from Allah in the earth) for He can reach us wherever we might be, (nor can we escape by flight) nor can we escape from Him by running away.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
And we assume that an softened in place of the hardened form that is to say annahu we will never be able to elude God in the earth nor will we be able to elude Him by fleeing — we will not be able to escape Him whether we are on earth or fleeing from it in the heavens.