Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Yet [thus it is] that whenever a servant of God stands up in prayer to Him, they [who are bent on denying the truth] would gladly overwhelm him with their crowds
Arthur John Arberry
When the servant of God stood calling on Him, they were wellnigh upon him in swarms
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"Yet when the Devotee of Allah stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd."
Arabic
وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبۡدُ ٱللَّهِ یَدۡعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ یَكُونُونَ عَلَیۡهِ لِبَدࣰا ١٩
Transliteration (2021)
wa-annahu lammā qāma ʿabdu l-lahi yadʿūhu kādū yakūnūna ʿalayhi libada