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Maryam 4

Ayah 4 of 98 · Meccan

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ ٱلۡعَظۡمُ مِنِّي وَٱشۡتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأۡسُ شَيۡبٗا وَلَمۡ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيّٗا ٤

He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled1 with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., disappointed].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Literally, "ignited." The spread of white hair throughout the head is likened to that of fire in the bush.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. رَبِّMy Lordrabbi
  3. إِنِّيIndeed, [I]innī
  4. وَهَنَ(have) weakenedwahana
  5. ٱلۡعَظۡمُmy bonesl-ʿaẓmu
  6. مِنِّيmy bonesminnī
  7. وَٱشۡتَعَلَand flaredwa-ish'taʿala
  8. ٱلرَّأۡسُ(my) headl-rasu
  9. شَيۡبٗا(with) whiteshayban
  10. وَلَمۡand notwalam
  11. أَكُنۢI have beenakun
  12. بِدُعَآئِكَin (my) supplication (to) Youbiduʿāika
  13. رَبِّmy Lordrabbi
  14. شَقِيّٗاunblessedshaqiyyan

Tafsir

He said: “My Lord, indeed my bones have become weak, the white hairs on my head have increased, and I was not unsuccessful in my supplicating You. In fact, every time I supplicated You, You accepted.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran