Surah Maryam (مريم) • Mary

Quran 19:8

19:8

قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا

qāla rabbi annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran waqad balaghtu mina l-kibari ʿitiyyan

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

— Saheeh International

He said, ‘Lord, how can I have a son when my wife is barren, and I am old and frail?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "My Lord! How can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have reached the extreme old age."

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

Juz 16Page 305meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
أَنَّىٰannāHow
يَكُونُyakūnucan
لِىlīI have
غُلَـٰمٌۭghulāmuna boy
وَكَانَتِwakānatiwhile is
ٱمْرَأَتِىim'ra-atīmy wife
عَاقِرًۭاʿāqiranbarren
وَقَدْwaqadand indeed
بَلَغْتُbalaghtuI have reached
مِنَminaof
ٱلْكِبَرِl-kibarithe old age
عِتِيًّۭاʿitiyyanextreme