Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:72

27:72

قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

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.

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Maybe some of what you seek to hasten is near at hand.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say: "Perhaps that which you wish to hasten on, may be close behind you.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
عَسَىٰٓʿasāPerhaps
أَنanthat
يَكُونَyakūnais
رَدِفَradifaclose behind
لَكُمlakumyou
بَعْضُbaʿḍusome
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) that which
تَسْتَعْجِلُونَtastaʿjilūnayou seek to hasten