قَالَتۡ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَٰمٞ وَلَمۡ يَمۡسَسۡنِي بَشَرٞ وَلَمۡ أَكُ بَغِيّٗا ٢٠
She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالَتۡShe saidqālat
- أَنَّىٰHowannā
- يَكُونُcan beyakūnu
- لِيfor melī
- غُلَٰمٞa songhulāmun
- وَلَمۡwhen notwalam
- يَمۡسَسۡنِيhas touched meyamsasnī
- بَشَرٞa manbasharun
- وَلَمۡand notwalam
- أَكُI amaku
- بَغِيّٗاunchastebaghiyyan
Tafsir
Mary said surprisingly: “How can I have a child when neither a husband nor anyone else has come near me nor am I an adulteress that I should have a child?”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran