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Surah Hud, ayah 72

قَالَتْ يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٌ وَهَـٰذَا بَعْلِى شَيْخًا ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

She said, "Woe to me! Shall I give birth while I am an old woman and this, my husband, is an old man? Indeed, this is an amazing thing!"

Hud · 11:72

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  1. قَالَتْqālatShe said
  2. يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓyāwaylatāWoe to me
  3. ءَأَلِدُa-aliduShall I bear a child
  4. وَأَنَا۠wa-anāwhile I am
  5. عَجُوزٌۭʿajūzunan old woman
  6. وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand this
  7. بَعْلِىbaʿlīmy husband
  8. شَيْخًا ۖshaykhan(is) an old man
  9. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  10. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
  11. لَشَىْءٌlashayon(is) surely a thing
  12. عَجِيبٌۭʿajībunamazing

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