Surah Maryam (مريم) • Mary

Quran 19:29

19:29

فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا

fa-ashārat ilayhi qālū kayfa nukallimu man kāna fī l-mahdi ṣabiyyan

So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"

— Saheeh International

She pointed at him. They said, ‘How can we converse with an infant?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then she pointed to him. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"

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

Juz 16Page 307meccan

Word by Word

فَأَشَارَتْfa-ashāratThen she pointed
إِلَيْهِۖilayhito him
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
كَيْفَkayfaHow
نُكَلِّمُnukallimu(can) we speak
مَنman(to one) who
كَانَkānais
فِىfīin
ٱلْمَهْدِl-mahdithe cradle
صَبِيًّۭاṣabiyyana child