فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةٖ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٞ ٢٩
And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَأَقۡبَلَتِThen came forwardfa-aqbalati
- ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥhis wifeim'ra-atuhu
- فِيwithfī
- صَرَّةٖa loud voiceṣarratin
- فَصَكَّتۡand struckfaṣakkat
- وَجۡهَهَاher facewajhahā
- وَقَالَتۡand she saidwaqālat
- عَجُوزٌAn old womanʿajūzun
- عَقِيمٞbarrenʿaqīmun
Tafsir
When his wife heard the glad tiding, she came screaming out of happiness and slapped her face, and said in surprise: “Will an old woman give birth when she is actually barren?”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran