Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 47
قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ ۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.
Ali 'Imran · 3:47
Word by word
- قَالَتْqālatShe said
- رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
- أَنَّىٰannāhow
- يَكُونُyakūnuis [it]
- لِىlīfor me
- وَلَدٌۭwaladuna boy
- وَلَمْwalamand (has) not
- يَمْسَسْنِىyamsasnītouch(ed) me
- بَشَرٌۭ ۖbasharunany man
- قَالَqālaHe said
- كَذَٰلِكِkadhālikiThus
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- يَخْلُقُyakhluqucreates
- مَاmāwhat
- يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
- إِذَاidhāWhen
- قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decrees
- أَمْرًۭاamrana matter
- فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
- يَقُولُyaqūluHe says
- لَهُۥlahuto it
- كُنkunBe
- فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it becomes
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