Surah Al-Jinn, Ayah 19 (72:19)

ٱلْجِنّ

وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًا

Quran 72:19 is ayah 19 of Surah Al-Jinn (“The Jinn”), a Meccan surah of 28 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 573 of the Madani Mushaf.

72:19
وَأَنَّهُۥلَمَّاقَامَعَبْدُٱللَّهِيَدْعُوهُكَادُوا۟يَكُونُونَعَلَيْهِلِبَدًا١٩
wa-annahu lammā qāma ʿabdu l-lahi yadʿūhu kādū yakūnūna ʿalayhi libadan

And that when the Servant [i.e., Prophet] of Allāh stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."(19)

Word by word

  1. وَأَنَّهُۥwa-annahuAnd that
  2. لَمَّاlammāwhen
  3. قَامَqāmastood up
  4. عَبْدُʿabdu(the) slave
  5. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  6. يَدْعُوهُyadʿūhucalling (upon) Him
  7. كَادُوا۟kādūthey almost
  8. يَكُونُونَyakūnūnabecame
  9. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiaround him
  10. لِبَدًاlibadana compacted mass

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