Quran 72:19 — Al-Jinn, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
yet when God’s Servant stood up to pray to Him, they pressed in on him.
وَأَنَّهُ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًا
wa-annahu lammā qāma ʿabdu l-lahi yadʿūhu kādū yakūnūna ʿalayhi libadan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When the servant of God stood calling on Him, they were wellnigh upon him in swarms.
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet [thus it is] that whenever a servant of God stands up in prayer to Him, they [who are bent on denying the truth] would gladly overwhelm him with their crowds.
- Sahih International
- And that when the Servant [i.e., Prophet] of Allāh stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَنَّهُۥwa-annahu | And that | — |
| 2 | لَمَّاlammā | when | — |
| 3 | قَامَqāma | stood up | قوم |
| 4 | عَبْدُʿabdu | (the) slave | عبد |
| 5 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 6 | يَدْعُوهُyadʿūhu | calling (upon) Him | دعو |
| 7 | كَادُوا۟kādū | they almost | كود |
| 8 | يَكُونُونَyakūnūna | became | كون |
| 9 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | around him | — |
| 10 | لِبَدًۭاlibadan | a compacted mass | لبد |