# Kef-Vav-Dal — كود (kwd)

> Occurs in 24 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/kwd

- **Meaning:** almost, more or less
- **Derived forms:** كَادَ (24)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** يَكَادُ — yakādu · "Almost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَكَادُ الْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ اَبْصَارَهُمْۜ  كُلَّمَٓا اَضَٓاءَ لَهُمْ مَشَوْا ف۪يهِۙ وَاِذَٓا اَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُواۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَاَبْصَارِهِمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ۟

Yakadu albarqu yakhtafu absarahumkullama adaa lahum mashaw feehi wa-itha athlamaAAalayhim qamoo walaw shaa Allahu lathahababisamAAihim waabsarihim inna Allaha AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

The lightning nigh snatches away their sight; whenever it gives them light, they walk therein; and when it darkens over them, they stand still. And had God willed, He would have taken away their hearing and their sight; God is over all things powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-20.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** كَادُوا۟ — kādū · "they were near"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

قَالَ اِنَّهُ يَقُولُ اِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَا ذَلُولٌ تُث۪يرُ الْاَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِي الْحَرْثَۚ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لَا شِيَةَ ف۪يهَاۜ قَالُوا الْـٰٔنَ جِئْتَ بِالْحَقِّۜ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَ۟

Qala innahu yaqoolu innahabaqaratun la thaloolun tutheeru al-arda walatasqee alhartha musallamatun la shiyata feehaqaloo al-ana ji/ta bilhaqqi fathabahoohawama kadoo yafAAaloon

He said: “He says: ‘She is a heifer neither broken to plough the earth nor to water the tilth, perfect, no blemish on her.’” They said: “Now hast thou brought the truth.” Then they sacrificed her, but they had hardly done it.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-71.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** يَكَادُونَ — yakādūna · "do they seem"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا يُدْرِكْكُمُ الْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنْتُمْ ف۪ي بُرُوجٍ مُشَيَّدَةٍۜ وَاِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ حَسَنَةٌ يَقُولُوا هٰذِه۪ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِۚ وَاِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَقُولُوا هٰذِه۪ مِنْ عِنْدِكَۜ قُلْ كُلٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِۜ فَمَالِ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ الْقَوْمِ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ حَد۪يثاً

Aynama takoonoo yudrikkumu almawtuwalaw kuntum fee buroojin mushayyadatin wa-in tusibhum hasanatunyaqooloo hathihi min AAindi Allahi wa-in tusibhumsayyi-atun yaqooloo hathihi min AAindika qul kullun minAAindi Allahi famali haola-i alqawmila yakadoona yafqahoona hadeetha

Wherever you be, death will overtake you, though you be in castles built high. And if good befalls them, they say: “This is from God”; and if evil befalls them, they say: “This is from thee.” Say thou: “All is from God.” Then what ails these people that they scarcely understand a statement?

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-78.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 150

- **Form in this verse:** وَكَادُوا۟ — wakādū · "and were about to"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسٰٓى اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ غَضْبَانَ اَسِفاًۙ قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُون۪ي مِنْ بَعْد۪يۚ اَعَجِلْتُمْ اَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْۚ وَاَلْقَى الْاَلْوَاحَ وَاَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ اَخ۪يهِ يَجُرُّهُٓ اِلَيْهِۜ قَالَ ابْنَ اُمَّ اِنَّ الْقَوْمَ اسْتَضْعَفُون۪ي وَكَادُوا يَقْتُلُونَن۪يۘ فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِيَ الْاَعْدَٓاءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْن۪ي مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Walamma rajaAAa moosa ilaqawmihi ghadbana asifan qala bi/samakhalaftumoonee min baAAdee aAAajiltum amra rabbikum waalqa al-alwahawaakhatha bira/si akheehi yajurruhu ilayhi qalaibna omma inna alqawma istadAAafoonee wakadooyaqtuloonanee fala tushmit biya al-aAAdaa walatajAAalnee maAAa alqawmi aththalimeen

And when Moses returned to his people, wrathful and grieved, he said: “Evil is what you took up while I was away; were you impatient over the command of your Lord?” And he cast down the tablets, and seized his brother by the head, dragging him to him. Said he: “Son of my mother: the people despised me and were about to kill me. Then cause thou not the enemies to gloat over me, nor place thou me with the wrongdoing people.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-150.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 117

- **Form in this verse:** كَادَ — kāda · "had nearly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

لَقَدْ تَابَ اللّٰهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَالْمُهَاجِر۪ينَ وَالْاَنْصَارِ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ ف۪ي سَاعَةِ الْعُسْرَةِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا كَادَ يَز۪يغُ قُلُوبُ فَر۪يقٍ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْۜ اِنَّهُ بِهِمْ رَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌۙ

Laqad taba Allahu AAalaannabiyyi walmuhajireena wal-ansariallatheena ittabaAAoohu fee saAAati alAAusrati minbaAAdi ma kada yazeeghu quloobu fareeqin minhumthumma taba AAalayhim innahu bihim raoofun raheem

God has turned towards the Prophet, and the émigrés, and the helpers who followed him in the hour of hardship, after the hearts of a faction among them had almost deviated; then turned He towards them — He is to them kind and merciful —

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-117.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** يَكَادُ — yakādu · "he will be near"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَتَجَرَّعُهُ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُس۪يغُهُ وَيَأْت۪يهِ الْمَوْتُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمَيِّتٍۜ وَمِنْ وَرَٓائِه۪ عَذَابٌ غَل۪يظٌ

YatajarraAAuhu wala yakaduyuseeghuhu waya/teehi almawtu min kulli makanin wamahuwa bimayyitin wamin wara-ihi AAathabun ghaleeth

He will gulp it, but will scarcely swallow it; and death will come at him from every place, but he is not to die. And beyond him is a stern punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-17.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** كَادُوا۟ — kādū · "they were about (to)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاِنْ كَادُوا لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِيَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۗ وَاِذاً لَاتَّخَذُوكَ خَل۪يلاً

Wa-in kadoo layaftinoonaka AAani allatheeawhayna ilayka litaftariya AAalayna ghayrahuwa-ithan lattakhathooka khaleela

And they had almost seduced thee away from that We revealed to thee, that thou invent about Us other than it — and then would they have taken thee as a friend.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-73.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** كِدتَّ — kidtta · "you almost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَوْلَٓا اَنْ ثَبَّتْنَاكَ لَقَدْ كِدْتَ تَرْكَنُ اِلَيْهِمْ شَيْـٔاً قَل۪يلاًۗ

Walawla an thabbatnaka laqadkidta tarkanu ilayhim shay-an qaleela

And were it not that We had made thee firm, thou wouldst have relied upon them a little,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-74.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** كَادُوا۟ — kādū · "they were about"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاِنْ كَادُوا لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ الْاَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا وَاِذاً لَا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَافَكَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً

Wa-in kadoo layastafizzoonaka minaal-ardi liyukhrijooka minha wa-ithan layalbathoona khilafaka illa qaleela

And they had almost driven thee out of the land, to turn thee out therefrom; and then would they not have tarried after thee save a little.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-76.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 93

- **Form in this verse:** يَكَادُونَ — yakādūna · "who would almost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ السَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمَا قَوْماًۙ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلاً

Hatta itha balaghabayna assaddayni wajada min doonihima qawman layakadoona yafqahoona qawla

When he had reached between the two barriers, and found besides them a people scarcely understanding speech,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-93.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 90

- **Form in this verse:** تَكَادُ — takādu · "Almost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

تَكَادُ السَّمٰوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنْشَقُّ الْاَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ الْجِبَالُ هَداًّۙ

Takadu assamawatuyatafattarna minhu watanshaqqu al-ardu watakhirrualjibalu hadda

The heavens are nigh rent therefrom, and the earth split open, and the mountains fallen in destruction

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-90.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** أَكَادُ — akādu · "I almost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

اِنَّ السَّاعَةَ اٰتِيَةٌ اَكَادُ اُخْف۪يهَا لِتُجْزٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعٰى

Inna assaAAata atiyatunakadu okhfeeha litujza kullu nafsin bimatasAAa

“The Hour is coming — I almost conceal it — that every soul might be rewarded for that for which it strives;

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-15.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** يَكَادُونَ — yakādūna · "They almost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ تَعْرِفُ ف۪ي وُجُوهِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا الْمُنْكَرَۜ يَكَادُونَ يَسْطُونَ بِالَّذ۪ينَ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتِنَاۜ قُلْ اَفَاُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِشَرٍّ مِنْ ذٰلِكُمْۜ اَلنَّارُۜ وَعَدَهَا اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۜ وَبِئْسَ الْمَص۪يرُ۟

Wa-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatunabayyinatin taAArifu fee wujoohi allatheena kafarooalmunkara yakadoona yastoona billatheenayatloona AAalayhim ayatina qulafaonabbi-okum bisharrin min thalikum annaruwaAAadaha Allahu allatheena kafaroo wabi/saalmaseer

And when Our proofs are recited to them as clear signs, thou recognisest perversity in the faces of those who ignore warning; they all but attack those who recite Our proofs to them. Say thou: “Then shall I inform you of worse than that? The Fire God has promised to those who ignore warning! And evil is the journey’s end.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-72.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** يَكَادُ — yakādu · "would almost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَللّٰهُ نُورُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ مَثَلُ نُورِه۪ كَمِشْكٰوةٍ ف۪يهَا مِصْبَاحٌۜ  اَلْمِصْبَاحُ ف۪ي زُجَاجَةٍۜ اَلزُّجَاجَةُ  كَاَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍۙ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُض۪ٓيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌۜ  نُورٌ عَلٰى نُورٍۜ يَهْدِي اللّٰهُ لِنُورِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَيَضْرِبُ اللّٰهُ الْاَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌۙ

Allahu nooru assamawatiwal-ardi mathalu noorihi kamishkatin feehamisbahun almisbahu fee zujajatinazzujajatu kaannaha kawkabun durriyyunyooqadu min shajaratin mubarakatin zaytoonatin lasharqiyyatin wala gharbiyyatin yakadu zaytuhayudee-o walaw lam tamsas-hu narun noorun AAalanoorin yahdee Allahu linoorihi man yashao wayadribuAllahu al-amthala linnasi wallahubikulli shay-in AAaleem

God is the light of the heavens and the earth. The likeness of His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp — the lamp in a glass, the glass as it were a shining star — lit from a blessed tree, an olive neither of East nor West; its oil would nigh illuminate, though no fire touched it: — light upon light! — God guides to His light whom He wills! And God strikes similitudes for men; and God knows all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-35.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** يَكَدْ — yakad · "hardly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَوْ كَظُلُمَاتٍ ف۪ي بَحْرٍ لُجِّيٍّ يَغْشٰيهُ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِه۪ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِه۪ سَحَابٌۜ ظُلُمَاتٌ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍۜ اِذَٓا اَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرٰيهَاۜ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَجْعَلِ اللّٰهُ لَهُ نُوراً فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ نُورٍ۟

Aw kathulumatin fee bahrinlujjiyyin yaghshahu mawjun min fawqihi mawjun min fawqihisahabun thulumatun baAAduhafawqa baAAdin itha akhraja yadahu lam yakad yarahawaman lam yajAAali Allahu lahu nooran fama lahu minnoor

Or like darkness in a fathomless sea: there covers it a wave, above which is a wave, above which are clouds: — darknesses one above another! — when he holds out his hand, he scarcely sees it. And he for whom God has made no light, there is for him no light.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-40.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** يَكَادُ — yakādu · "Nearly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُزْج۪ي سَحَاباً ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَاماً فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِه۪ۚ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ جِبَالٍ ف۪يهَا مِنْ بَرَدٍ فَيُص۪يبُ بِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَنْ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ  يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِه۪ يَذْهَبُ بِالْاَبْصَارِۜ

Alam tara anna Allaha yuzjee sahabanthumma yu-allifu baynahu thumma yajAAaluhu rukaman fataraalwadqa yakhruju min khilalihi wayunazzilu mina assama-imin jibalin feeha min baradin fayuseebu bihiman yashao wayasrifuhu AAan man yashao yakadusana barqihi yathhabu bil-absar

Dost thou not see that God drives the clouds? Then He brings them together; then He makes them a mass, and thou seest the rain come forth from the midst of it. And He sends down from the sky, from mountains therein of hail, and He strikes therewith whom He wills, and turns away therefrom whom He wills. The brilliance of His lightning almost takes away the sight.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-43.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** كَادَ — kāda · "He would have almost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنْ كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ اٰلِهَتِنَا لَوْلَٓا اَنْ صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَاۜ وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ح۪ينَ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ مَنْ اَضَلُّ سَب۪يلاً

In kada layudillunaAAan alihatina lawla an sabarnaAAalayha wasawfa yaAAlamoona heena yarawna alAAathabaman adallu sabeela

“He had almost led us astray from our gods, were we not steadfast towards them.” And they will know, when they see the punishment, who is further astray in the path.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-42.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** كَادَتْ — kādat · "she was near"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَاَصْبَحَ فُؤٰادُ اُمِّ مُوسٰى فَارِغاًۜ اِنْ كَادَتْ لَتُبْد۪ي بِه۪ لَوْلَٓا اَنْ رَبَطْنَا عَلٰى قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Waasbaha fu-adu ommimoosa farighan in kadat latubdee bihi lawlaan rabatna AAala qalbiha litakoonamina almu/mineen

In the morning the heart of the mother of Moses became void; she had almost disclosed him had We not fortified her heart, that she be of the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-10.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** كِدتَّ — kidtta · "you almost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قَالَ تَاللّٰهِ اِنْ كِدْتَ لَتُرْد۪ينِۙ

Qala tallahi in kidtalaturdeen

He will say: “By God, thou hadst almost brought me to ruin!

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-56.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** تَكَادُ — takādu · "Almost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

تَكَادُ السَّمٰوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْ فَوْقِهِنَّ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِمَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِۜ اَلَٓا اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّح۪يمُ

Takadu assamawatuyatafattarna min fawqihinna walmala-ikatuyusabbihoona bihamdi rabbihim wayastaghfiroonaliman fee al-ardi ala inna Allaha huwaalghafooru arraheem

The heavens are nigh rent from above themselves, and the angels give glory with the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those upon the earth. In truth, God, He is the Forgiver, the Merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-5.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** يَكَادُ — yakādu · "and hardly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَمْ اَنَا۬ خَيْرٌ مِنْ هٰذَا الَّذ۪ي هُوَ مَه۪ينٌ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُب۪ينُ

Am ana khayrun min hatha allatheehuwa maheenun wala yakadu yubeen

“Or am I better than this, who is despised and barely makes himself clear?

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-52.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** تَكَادُ — takādu · "It almost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ الْغَيْظِۜ  كُلَّمَٓا اُلْقِيَ ف۪يهَا فَوْجٌ سَاَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَٓا اَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذ۪يرٌ

Takadu tamayyazu mina alghaythikullama olqiya feeha fawjun saalahum khazanatuhaalam ya/tikum natheer

Almost bursting with rage. Whenever a crowd is cast therein, the keepers thereof ask them: “Came there not to you a warner?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-8.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** يَكَادُ — yakādu · "would almost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاِنْ يَكَادُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِاَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ اِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌۢ

Wa-in yakadu allatheenakafaroo layuzliqoonaka bi-absarihim lamma samiAAooaththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoon

And those who ignore warning almost cause thee to slip with their eyes when they hear the remembrance, and they say: “He is possessed.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-51.md_

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** كَادُوا۟ — kādū · "they almost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاَنَّهُ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ اللّٰهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَداًۜ۟

Waannahu lamma qama AAabdu AllahiyadAAoohu kadoo yakoonoona AAalayhi libada

“And that, when the servant of God stood up, calling to Him, they were almost a compact mass about him.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-19.md_

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