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YUSUFALI : "Yet when the Devotee of Allah stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd."

PICKTHAL : And when the slave of Allah stood up in prayer to Him, they crowded on him, almost stifling.

SHAKIR : And that when the servant of Allah stood up calling upon Him, they wellnigh crowded him (to death).

M& HILALI : (It has been revealed to me that) When the slave of Allah (Muhammad [sallallahu alayhi wa sallam]) stood up invoking (his Lord Allah) in prayer to Him they (the jinns) just made round him a dense crowd as if sticking one over the other (in order to listen to the Prophet's recitation).