Quran 19:23 — Maryam, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and, when the pains of childbirth drove her to [cling to] the trunk of a palm tree, she exclaimed, ‘I wish I had been dead and forgotten long before all this!’
فَأَجَاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَـٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا
fa-ajāahā l-makhāḍu ilā jidh'ʿi l-nakhlati qālat yālaytanī mittu qabla hādhā wakuntu nasyan mansiyyan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And the birthpangs surprised her by the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, 'Would I had died ere this, and become a thing forgotten!'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [when] the throes of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree, she exclaimed: "Oh, would that I had died ere this, and had become a thing forgotten, utterly forgotten!"
- Sahih International
- And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَجَآءَهَاfa-ajāahā | Then drove her | جيأ |
| 2 | ٱلْمَخَاضُl-makhāḍu | the pains of childbirth | مخض |
| 3 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 4 | جِذْعِjidh'ʿi | (the) trunk | جذع |
| 5 | ٱلنَّخْلَةِl-nakhlati | (of) the date-palm | نخل |
| 6 | قَالَتْqālat | She said | قول |
| 7 | يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanī | O! I wish | — |
| 8 | مِتُّmittu | I (had) died | موت |
| 9 | قَبْلَqabla | before | قبل |
| 10 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 11 | وَكُنتُwakuntu | and I was | كون |
| 12 | نَسْيًۭاnasyan | (in) oblivion | نسي |
| 13 | مَّنسِيًّۭاmansiyyan | forgotten | نسي |