Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 42
وَإِذْ قَالَتِ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَآءِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allāh has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.
Ali 'Imran · 3:42
Word by word
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- قَالَتِqālatisaid
- ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
- يَـٰمَرْيَمُyāmaryamuO Maryam
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- ٱصْطَفَىٰكِiṣ'ṭafāki(has) chosen you
- وَطَهَّرَكِwaṭahharakiand purified you
- وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِwa-iṣ'ṭafākiand chosen you
- عَلَىٰʿalāover
- نِسَآءِnisāi(the) women
- ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds
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