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Al-Jinn 19

Ayah 19 of 28 · Meccan

وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبۡدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدۡعُوهُ كَادُواْ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيۡهِ لِبَدٗا ١٩

And that when the Servant [i.e., Prophet] of Allāh stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Crowding on top of each other in the manner of locusts in order to hear him (ﷺ). "They" may refer to the jinn or to the disbelievers among the Arabs.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَنَّهُۥAnd thatwa-annahu
  2. لَمَّاwhenlammā
  3. قَامَstood upqāma
  4. عَبۡدُ(the) slaveʿabdu
  5. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  6. يَدۡعُوهُcalling (upon) Himyadʿūhu
  7. كَادُواْthey almostkādū
  8. يَكُونُونَbecameyakūnūna
  9. عَلَيۡهِaround himʿalayhi
  10. لِبَدٗاa compacted masslibadan

Tafsir

And that when Allah’s servant, Muhammad (peace be on him) stood up to worship His Lord in Batn Nakhla, the jinn were almost piled on top of him because of the huge crowd when they heard him reciting the Qur’ān.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran