Quran 15:54 — Al-Hijr, verse 54
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘How can you give me such news when old age has come to me? What sort of news is this?’
قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِي عَلَىٰ أَنْ مَسَّنِيَ الْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ
qāla abashartumūnī ʿalā an massaniya l-kibaru fabima tubashirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'What, do you give me good tidings, though old age has smitten me? Of what do you
- Muhammad Asad
- Said he: "Do you give me this glad tiding despite the fact that old age has overtaken me? Of what [strange thing], then, are you giving me a tiding!"
- Sahih International
- He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِىabashartumūnī | Do you give me glad tidings | بشر |
| 3 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | Do you give me glad tidings | — |
| 4 | أَنan | although | — |
| 5 | مَّسَّنِىَmassaniya | has overtaken me | مسس |
| 6 | ٱلْكِبَرُl-kibaru | old age | كبر |
| 7 | فَبِمَfabima | Then about what | — |
| 8 | تُبَشِّرُونَtubashirūna | you give glad tidings | بشر |