Quran 19:8 — Maryam, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘Lord, how can I have a son when my wife is barren, and I am old and frail?’
قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا
qāla rabbi annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran waqad balaghtu mina l-kibari ʿitiyyan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'O my Lord, how shall I have a son, seeing my wife is barren, and I have attained to the declining of old age?'
- Muhammad Asad
- [Zachariah] exclaimed: "O my Sustainer! How can I have a son when my wife has always been barren and I have become utterly infirm through old age?"
- Sahih International
- He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | رَبِّrabbi | My Lord | ربب |
| 3 | أَنَّىٰannā | How | أني |
| 4 | يَكُونُyakūnu | can | كون |
| 5 | لِىlī | I have | — |
| 6 | غُلَـٰمٌۭghulāmun | a boy | غلم |
| 7 | وَكَانَتِwakānati | while is | كون |
| 8 | ٱمْرَأَتِىim'ra-atī | my wife | مرأ |
| 9 | عَاقِرًۭاʿāqiran | barren | عقر |
| 10 | وَقَدْwaqad | and indeed | — |
| 11 | بَلَغْتُbalaghtu | I have reached | بلغ |
| 12 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 13 | ٱلْكِبَرِl-kibari | the old age | كبر |
| 14 | عِتِيًّۭاʿitiyyan | extreme | عتو |