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

Quran 3:47

3:47

قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ ۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

qālat rabbi annā yakūnu lī waladun walam yamsasnī basharun qāla kadhāliki l-lahu yakhluqu mā yashāu idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu

She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.

— Saheeh International

She said, ‘My Lord, how can I have a son when no man has touched me?’ [The angel] said, ‘This is how God creates what He will: when He has ordained something, He only says, “Be”, and it is.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me." He said: "So (it will be) for Allâh creates what He wills. When He has decreed something, He says to it only: "Be!" - and it is.

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

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Word by Word

قَالَتْqālatShe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
أَنَّىٰannāhow
يَكُونُyakūnuis [it]
لِىlīfor me
وَلَدٌۭwaladuna boy
وَلَمْwalamand (has) not
يَمْسَسْنِىyamsasnītouch(ed) me
بَشَرٌۭۖbasharunany man
قَالَqālaHe said
كَذَٰلِكِkadhālikiThus
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
يَخْلُقُyakhluqucreates
مَاmāwhat
يَشَآءُۚyashāuHe wills
إِذَاidhāWhen
قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decrees
أَمْرًۭاamrana matter
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
يَقُولُyaqūluHe says
لَهُۥlahuto it
كُنkunBe
فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it becomes