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53:9

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ

Word by word

فَكَانَ
And was
Verb
Root: كون
قَابَ
(at) a distance
Noun
Root: قوب
قَوْسَيْنِ
(of) two bow-(lengths)
Noun
Root: قوس
أَوْ
or
Preposition
أَدْنَىٰ
nearer
Noun
Root: دنو

Translation

And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer;

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Onunla arasındaki mesafe, iki yay kadar, yahut daha az kaldı.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

İki yay arası kadar, hattadaha da yakın olmuştu.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

Till he was (distant) two bows' length or even nearer,

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain