Quran 19:4 — Maryam, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
‘Lord, my bones have weakened and my hair is ashen grey, but never, Lord, have I ever prayed to You in vain:
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنْ بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا
qāla rabbi innī wahana l-ʿaẓmu minnī wa-ish'taʿala l-rasu shayban walam akun biduʿāika rabbi shaqiyyan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- saying, 'O my Lord, behold the bones within me are feeble and my head is all aflame with hoariness. And in calling on Thee, my Lord, I have never been hitherto unprosperous.
- Muhammad Asad
- he prayed: "O my Sustainer! Feeble have become my bones, and my head glistens with grey hair. But never yet, O my Lord, has my prayer unto Thee remained unanswered.
- Sahih International
- He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., disappointed].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | رَبِّrabbi | My Lord | ربب |
| 3 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, [I] | — |
| 4 | وَهَنَwahana | (have) weakened | وهن |
| 5 | ٱلْعَظْمُl-ʿaẓmu | my bones | عظم |
| 6 | مِنِّىminnī | my bones | — |
| 7 | وَٱشْتَعَلَwa-ish'taʿala | and flared | شعل |
| 8 | ٱلرَّأْسُl-rasu | (my) head | رأس |
| 9 | شَيْبًۭاshayban | (with) white | شيب |
| 10 | وَلَمْwalam | and not | — |
| 11 | أَكُنۢakun | I have been | كون |
| 12 | بِدُعَآئِكَbiduʿāika | in (my) supplication (to) You | دعو |
| 13 | رَبِّrabbi | my Lord | ربب |
| 14 | شَقِيًّۭاshaqiyyan | unblessed | شقو |