Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران) • Family of Imran

Quran 3:40

3:40

قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرٌ ۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ

qāla rabbi annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun waqad balaghaniya l-kibaru wa-im'ra-atī ʿāqirun qāla kadhālika l-lahu yafʿalu mā yashāu

He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" He [the angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He does what He wills."

— Saheeh International

He said, ‘My Lord, how can I have a son when I am so old and my wife is barren?’ [An angel] said, ‘It will be so: God does whatever He will.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "O my Lord! How can I have a son when I am very old, and my wife is barren?" (Allâh) said: "Thus Allâh does what He wills."

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
أَنَّىٰannāhow
يَكُونُyakūnucan (there) be
لِىlīfor me
غُلَـٰمٌۭghulāmuna son
وَقَدْwaqadand verily
بَلَغَنِىَbalaghaniyahas reached me
ٱلْكِبَرُl-kibaru[the] old age
وَٱمْرَأَتِىwa-im'ra-atīand my wife
عَاقِرٌۭۖʿāqirun(is) [a] barren
قَالَqālaHe said
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
يَفْعَلُyafʿaludoes
مَاmāwhat
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills