Surah Maryam, ayah 8
قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا
He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"
Maryam · 19:8
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
- أَنَّىٰannāHow
- يَكُونُyakūnucan
- لِىlīI have
- غُلَـٰمٌۭghulāmuna boy
- وَكَانَتِwakānatiwhile is
- ٱمْرَأَتِىim'ra-atīmy wife
- عَاقِرًۭاʿāqiranbarren
- وَقَدْwaqadand indeed
- بَلَغْتُbalaghtuI have reached
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْكِبَرِl-kibarithe old age
- عِتِيًّۭاʿitiyyanextreme
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