Quran 76:19 — Al-Insaan, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Everlasting youths will attend them––if you could see them, you would think they were scattered pearls––
وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُخَلَّدُونَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ حَسِبْتَهُمْ لُؤْلُؤًا مَنْثُورًا
wayaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūna idhā ra-aytahum ḥasib'tahum lu'lu-an manthūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Immortal youths shall go about them; when thou seest them, thou supposest them scattered pearls,
- Muhammad Asad
- And immortal youths will wait upon them: when thou seest them, thou wouldst deem them to be scattered pearls;
- Sahih International
- There will circulate among them young boys made eternal. When you see them, you would think them [as beautiful as] scattered pearls.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَيَطُوفُwayaṭūfu | And will circulate | طوف |
| 2 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | among them | — |
| 3 | وِلْدَٰنٌۭwil'dānun | young boys | ولد |
| 4 | مُّخَلَّدُونَmukhalladūna | made eternal | خلد |
| 5 | إِذَاidhā | When | — |
| 6 | رَأَيْتَهُمْra-aytahum | you see them | رأي |
| 7 | حَسِبْتَهُمْḥasib'tahum | you would think them | حسب |
| 8 | لُؤْلُؤًۭاlu'lu-an | (to be) pearls | لألأ |
| 9 | مَّنثُورًۭاmanthūran | scattered | نثر |