Quran 19:20 — Maryam, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
She said, ‘How can I have a son when no man has touched me? I have not been unchaste,’
قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا
qālat annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun walam yamsasnī basharun walam aku baghiyyan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- She said, 'How shall I have a son whom no mortal has touched, neither have I been unchaste?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said she: "How can I have a son when no man has ever touched me? - for, never have I been a loose woman!"
- Sahih International
- She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَتْqālat | She said | قول |
| 2 | أَنَّىٰannā | How | أني |
| 3 | يَكُونُyakūnu | can be | كون |
| 4 | لِىlī | for me | — |
| 5 | غُلَـٰمٌۭghulāmun | a son | غلم |
| 6 | وَلَمْwalam | when not | — |
| 7 | يَمْسَسْنِىyamsasnī | has touched me | مسس |
| 8 | بَشَرٌۭbasharun | a man | بشر |
| 9 | وَلَمْwalam | and not | — |
| 10 | أَكُaku | I am | كون |
| 11 | بَغِيًّۭاbaghiyyan | unchaste | بغي |