فَأَشَارَتۡ إِلَيۡهِۖ قَالُواْ كَيۡفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِي ٱلۡمَهۡدِ صَبِيّٗا ٢٩
So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَأَشَارَتۡThen she pointedfa-ashārat
- إِلَيۡهِۖto himilayhi
- قَالُواْThey saidqālū
- كَيۡفَHowkayfa
- نُكَلِّمُ(can) we speaknukallimu
- مَن(to one) whoman
- كَانَiskāna
- فِيinfī
- ٱلۡمَهۡدِthe cradlel-mahdi
- صَبِيّٗاa childṣabiyyan
Tafsir
She pointed towards her son Jesus (peace be upon him) who was in the cradle. So the people said in surprise: “How can we talk to a child who is in the cradle?”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran