Surah An-Naml, Ayah 72 (27:72)

ٱلنَّمْل

قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Quran 27:72 is ayah 72 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 383 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:72
قُلْعَسَىٰٓأَنيَكُونَرَدِفَلَكُمبَعْضُٱلَّذِىتَسْتَعْجِلُونَ٧٢
qul ʿasā an yakūna radifa lakum baʿḍu alladhī tastaʿjilūna

Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you [i.e., very near] - some of that for which you are impatient.(72)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. عَسَىٰٓʿasāPerhaps
  3. أَنanthat
  4. يَكُونَyakūnais
  5. رَدِفَradifaclose behind
  6. لَكُمlakumyou
  7. بَعْضُbaʿḍusome
  8. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) that which
  9. تَسْتَعْجِلُونَtastaʿjilūnayou seek to hasten

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