The Holy Quran 72:19 — Surah Al-Jinn

Arabic text

وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًا

Translation

When Allaah's slave (Rasulullaah ﷺ) stood up to supplicate to (worship) Him, they (the Kuffaar) densely crowded around (swarmed) him (to intimidate him so that he stops worshipping Allaah).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, the perfect servant, Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The crowding around the Prophet ﷺ when he recited the Quran: that is, when you stand and recite the Quran, people come thronging upon you in crowds: the believers out of eagerness and desire to listen to the Quran, and the disbelievers to crowd around you out of enmity and obstinacy.

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