سُوْرَةُ الْجِنِّ
Surah Al-Jinn (72) — Ayah 19
وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًا ﴿19﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when the slave of Allâh (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) stood up invoking Him (his Lord - Allâh) in prayer they (the jinn) just made round him a dense crowd as if sticking one over the other (in order to listen to the Prophet’s recitation).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَأَنَّهُۥ
wa-annahu
And that
لَمَّا
lammā
when
قَامَ
qāma
stood up
عَبْدُ
ʿabdu
(the) slave
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
يَدْعُوهُ
yadʿūhu
calling (upon) Him
كَادُوا۟
kādū
they almost
يَكُونُونَ
yakūnūna
became
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
around him
لِبَدًۭا
libadan
a compacted mass
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
19. 1. By عَبْدُاللّٰہِ is meant the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the meaning is that mankind and jinn together wish to extinguish this light of Allah with their breaths, but Imam Ibn Kathir has considered it to mean turning back.
