Quran 27:72 — An-Naml, verse 72
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Maybe some of what you seek to hasten is near at hand.’
قُلْ عَسَىٰ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُمْ بَعْضُ الَّذِي تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
qul ʿasā an yakūna radifa lakum baʿḍu alladhī tastaʿjilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'It may be that riding behind you already is some part of that you seek to hasten on.
- Muhammad Asad
- say thou: “It may well be that something of that which [in your ignorance] you so hastily demands has already drawn close unto you.”
- Sahih International
- Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you [i.e., very near] - some of that for which you are impatient.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | عَسَىٰٓʿasā | Perhaps | عسي |
| 3 | أَنan | that | — |
| 4 | يَكُونَyakūna | is | كون |
| 5 | رَدِفَradifa | close behind | ردف |
| 6 | لَكُمlakum | you | — |
| 7 | بَعْضُbaʿḍu | some | بعض |
| 8 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (of) that which | — |
| 9 | تَسْتَعْجِلُونَtastaʿjilūna | you seek to hasten | عجل |