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Maryam 23

Ayah 23 of 98 · Meccan

فَأَجَآءَهَا ٱلۡمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذۡعِ ٱلنَّخۡلَةِ قَالَتۡ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي مِتُّ قَبۡلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسۡيٗا مَّنسِيّٗا ٢٣

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."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَجَآءَهَاThen drove herfa-ajāahā
  2. ٱلۡمَخَاضُthe pains of childbirthl-makhāḍu
  3. إِلَىٰtoilā
  4. جِذۡعِ(the) trunkjidh'ʿi
  5. ٱلنَّخۡلَةِ(of) the date-palml-nakhlati
  6. قَالَتۡShe saidqālat
  7. يَٰلَيۡتَنِيO! I wishyālaytanī
  8. مِتُّI (had) diedmittu
  9. قَبۡلَbeforeqabla
  10. هَٰذَاthishādhā
  11. وَكُنتُand I waswakuntu
  12. نَسۡيٗا(in) oblivionnasyan
  13. مَّنسِيّٗاforgottenmansiyyan

Tafsir

And the pangs of childbirth struck her and made her take refuge by the trunk of a date tree. Mary said: “If only I had died before this day and I was something not even mentioned, so that bad is not thought of me”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran