Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 40
قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرٌ ۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ
He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" He [the angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He does what He wills."
Ali 'Imran · 3:40
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
- أَنَّىٰannāhow
- يَكُونُyakūnucan (there) be
- لِىlīfor me
- غُلَـٰمٌۭghulāmuna son
- وَقَدْwaqadand verily
- بَلَغَنِىَbalaghaniyahas reached me
- ٱلْكِبَرُl-kibaru[the] old age
- وَٱمْرَأَتِىwa-im'ra-atīand my wife
- عَاقِرٌۭ ۖʿāqirun(is) [a] barren
- قَالَqālaHe said
- كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- يَفْعَلُyafʿaludoes
- مَاmāwhat
- يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
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