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Hud 71

Ayah 71 of 123 · Meccan

وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ قَآئِمَةٞ فَضَحِكَتۡ فَبَشَّرۡنَٰهَا بِإِسۡحَٰقَ وَمِن وَرَآءِ إِسۡحَٰقَ يَعۡقُوبَ ٧١

And his wife was standing, and she smiled.1 Then We gave her good tidings of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In pleasure at the news of the forthcoming punishment of the evil people who denied Prophet Lot (upon him be peace).

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥAnd his wifewa-im'ra-atuhu
  2. قَآئِمَةٞ(was) standingqāimatun
  3. فَضَحِكَتۡand she laughedfaḍaḥikat
  4. فَبَشَّرۡنَٰهَاThen We gave her glad tidingsfabasharnāhā
  5. بِإِسۡحَٰقَof Isaacbi-is'ḥāqa
  6. وَمِنand afterwamin
  7. وَرَآءِand afterwarāi
  8. إِسۡحَٰقَIsaacis'ḥāqa
  9. يَعۡقُوبَ(of) Yaqubyaʿqūba

Tafsir

Abraham’s wife, Sarah, was standing. Then they told her something that greatly pleased her, that she would bear Isaac, and that Isaac would have Jacob. She laughed and was delighted by what she heard.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran