The Jinn 72:19

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Arabic English Morphology
And that Prep
لَمَّا lammā
when Noun
قَامَ qāma
stood up V
(the) slave Noun
(of) Allah V
كَادُوا۟ yadʿūhu
calling (upon) Him V
they almost V
عَلَيْهِ yakūnūna
became Prep
لِبَدًا ʿalayhi
around him Noun

yet when God’s Servant stood up to pray to Him, they pressed in on him

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبۡدُ ٱللَّهِ یَدۡعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ یَكُونُونَ عَلَیۡهِ لِبَدࣰا ۝١٩

wa-annahu lammā qāma ʿabdu l-lahi yadʿūhu kādū yakūnūna ʿalayhi libada