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Maryam 8

Ayah 8 of 98 · Meccan

قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَٰمٞ وَكَانَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتِي عَاقِرٗا وَقَدۡ بَلَغۡتُ مِنَ ٱلۡكِبَرِ عِتِيّٗا ٨

He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. رَبِّMy Lordrabbi
  3. أَنَّىٰHowannā
  4. يَكُونُcanyakūnu
  5. لِيI havelī
  6. غُلَٰمٞa boyghulāmun
  7. وَكَانَتِwhile iswakānati
  8. ٱمۡرَأَتِيmy wifeim'ra-atī
  9. عَاقِرٗاbarrenʿāqiran
  10. وَقَدۡand indeedwaqad
  11. بَلَغۡتُI have reachedbalaghtu
  12. مِنَofmina
  13. ٱلۡكِبَرِthe old agel-kibari
  14. عِتِيّٗاextremeʿitiyyan

Tafsir

Zechariah said, amazed at the power of Allah: “How will a child be born to me when my wife is barren and I have reached the limit of old age and weakness of bones?”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran