Quran 19:29 — Maryam, verse 29
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
She pointed at him. They said, ‘How can we converse with an infant?’
فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا
fa-ashārat ilayhi qālū kayfa nukallimu man kāna fī l-mahdi ṣabiyyan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Mary pointed to the child then; but they said, 'How shall we speak to one who is still in the cradle, a little child?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Thereupon she pointed to him. They exclaimed: "How can we talk to one who [as yet] is a little boy in the cradle?"
- Sahih International
- So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَشَارَتْfa-ashārat | Then she pointed | شور |
| 2 | إِلَيْهِ ۖilayhi | to him | — |
| 3 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 4 | كَيْفَkayfa | How | كيف |
| 5 | نُكَلِّمُnukallimu | (can) we speak | كلم |
| 6 | مَنman | (to one) who | — |
| 7 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 8 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 9 | ٱلْمَهْدِl-mahdi | the cradle | مهد |
| 10 | صَبِيًّۭاṣabiyyan | a child | صبو |