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

Quran 3:42

3:42

وَإِذْ قَالَتِ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَآءِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

wa-idh qālati l-malāikatu yāmaryamu inna l-laha iṣ'ṭafāki waṭahharaki wa-iṣ'ṭafāki ʿalā nisāi l-ʿālamīna

And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allāh has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.

— Saheeh International

The angels said to Mary: ‘Mary, God has chosen you and made you pure: He has truly chosen you above all women.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when the angels said: "O Maryam (Mary)! Verily, Allâh has chosen you, purified you (from polytheism and disbelief), and chosen you above the women of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind and jinn) (of her lifetime)."

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

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وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قَالَتِqālatisaid
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
يَـٰمَرْيَمُyāmaryamuO Maryam
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
ٱصْطَفَىٰكِiṣ'ṭafāki(has) chosen you
وَطَهَّرَكِwaṭahharakiand purified you
وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِwa-iṣ'ṭafākiand chosen you
عَلَىٰʿalāover
نِسَآءِnisāi(the) women
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds