Surah Maryam, ayah 23
فَأَجَآءَهَا ٱلْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَـٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسْيًا مَّنسِيًّا
And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."
Maryam · 19:23
Word by word
- فَأَجَآءَهَاfa-ajāahāThen drove her
- ٱلْمَخَاضُl-makhāḍuthe pains of childbirth
- إِلَىٰilāto
- جِذْعِjidh'ʿi(the) trunk
- ٱلنَّخْلَةِl-nakhlati(of) the date-palm
- قَالَتْqālatShe said
- يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīO! I wish
- مِتُّmittuI (had) died
- قَبْلَqablabefore
- هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
- وَكُنتُwakuntuand I was
- نَسْيًۭاnasyan(in) oblivion
- مَّنسِيًّۭاmansiyyanforgotten
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