Quran 52:24 — At-Tur, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Devoted youths like hidden pearls wait on them.
وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَكْنُونٌ
wayaṭūfu ʿalayhim ghil'mānun lahum ka-annahum lu'lu-on maknūnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and there go round them youths, their own, as if they were hidden pearls.
- Muhammad Asad
- And they will be waited upon by [immortal] youths, [as if they were children] of their own, [as pure] as if they were pearls hidden in their shells.
- Sahih International
- There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَيَطُوفُwayaṭūfu | And will circulate | طوف |
| 2 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | among them | — |
| 3 | غِلْمَانٌۭghil'mānun | boys | غلم |
| 4 | لَّهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 5 | كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahum | as if they (were) | — |
| 6 | لُؤْلُؤٌۭlu'lu-on | pearls | لألأ |
| 7 | مَّكْنُونٌۭmaknūnun | well-protected | كنن |