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Hud 72

Ayah 72 of 123 · Meccan

قَالَتۡ يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٞ وَهَٰذَا بَعۡلِي شَيۡخًاۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيۡءٌ عَجِيبٞ ٧٢

She said, "Woe to me!1 Shall I give birth while I am an old woman and this, my husband, is an old man? Indeed, this is an amazing thing!"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 An expression of surprise and amazement.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَتۡShe saidqālat
  2. يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰٓWoe to meyāwaylatā
  3. ءَأَلِدُShall I bear a childa-alidu
  4. وَأَنَا۠while I amwa-anā
  5. عَجُوزٞan old womanʿajūzun
  6. وَهَٰذَاand thiswahādhā
  7. بَعۡلِيmy husbandbaʿlī
  8. شَيۡخًاۖ(is) an old manshaykhan
  9. إِنَّIndeedinna
  10. هَٰذَاthishādhā
  11. لَشَيۡءٌ(is) surely a thinglashayon
  12. عَجِيبٞamazingʿajībun

Tafsir

When the angels gave Sarah this amazing good news, she asked how she could have a child when she was an old woman and her husband was also advanced in age. Having a child at such an age was incredible, and was not normal.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran