Surah Maryam (مريم) • Mary

Quran 19:4

19:4

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا

qāla rabbi innī wahana l-ʿaẓmu minnī wa-ish'taʿala l-rasu shayban walam akun biduʿāika rabbi shaqiyyan

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

— Saheeh International

‘Lord, my bones have weakened and my hair is ashen grey, but never, Lord, have I ever prayed to You in vain:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "My Lord! Indeed my bones have grown feeble, and grey hair has spread on my head, And I have never been unblest in my invocation to You, O my Lord!

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
وَهَنَwahana(have) weakened
ٱلْعَظْمُl-ʿaẓmumy bones
مِنِّىminnīmy bones
وَٱشْتَعَلَwa-ish'taʿalaand flared
ٱلرَّأْسُl-rasu(my) head
شَيْبًۭاshayban(with) white
وَلَمْwalamand not
أَكُنۢakunI have been
بِدُعَآئِكَbiduʿāikain (my) supplication (to) You
رَبِّrabbimy Lord
شَقِيًّۭاshaqiyyanunblessed