Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:72

11:72

قَالَتْ يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٌ وَهَـٰذَا بَعْلِى شَيْخًا ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

qālat yāwaylatā a-alidu wa-anā ʿajūzun wahādhā baʿlī shaykhan inna hādhā lashayon ʿajībun

She said, "Woe to me! Shall I give birth while I am an old woman and this, my husband, is an old man? Indeed, this is an amazing thing!"

— Saheeh International

She said, ‘Alas for me! How am I to bear a child when I am an old woman, and my husband here is an old man? That would be a strange thing!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

She said (in astonishment): "Woe unto me! Shall I bear a child while I am an old woman, and here is my husband an old man? Verily! This is a strange thing!"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 12Page 230meccan

Word by Word

قَالَتْqālatShe said
يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓyāwaylatāWoe to me
ءَأَلِدُa-aliduShall I bear a child
وَأَنَا۠wa-anāwhile I am
عَجُوزٌۭʿajūzunan old woman
وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand this
بَعْلِىbaʿlīmy husband
شَيْخًاۖshaykhan(is) an old man
إِنَّinnaIndeed
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
لَشَىْءٌlashayon(is) surely a thing
عَجِيبٌۭʿajībunamazing