The Star 53:9

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Arabic English Morphology
فَكَانَ fakāna
And was V
قَابَ qāba
(at) a distance Noun
(of) two bow-(lengths) Noun
or Prep
nearer Noun

until he was two bow-lengths away or even closer––

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَیۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ ۝٩

fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adn