Quran 21:91 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 91
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Remember the one who guarded her chastity. We breathed into her from Our Spirit and made her and her son a sign for all people.
وَالَّتِي أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ رُوحِنَا وَجَعَلْنَاهَا وَابْنَهَا آيَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ
wa-allatī aḥṣanat farjahā fanafakhnā fīhā min rūḥinā wajaʿalnāhā wa-ib'nahā āyatan lil'ʿālamīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And she who guarded her virginity, so We breathed into her of Our spirit and appointed her and her son to be a sign unto all beings.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [remember] her who guarded her chastity, whereupon We breathed into her of Our spirit and caused her, together with her son, to become a symbol [of Our grace] unto all people.
- Sahih International
- And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity [i.e., Mary], so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّتِىٓwa-allatī | And she who | — |
| 2 | أَحْصَنَتْaḥṣanat | guarded | حصن |
| 3 | فَرْجَهَاfarjahā | her chastity | فرج |
| 4 | فَنَفَخْنَاfanafakhnā | so We breathed | نفخ |
| 5 | فِيهَاfīhā | into her | — |
| 6 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 7 | رُّوحِنَاrūḥinā | Our Spirit | روح |
| 8 | وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَاwajaʿalnāhā | and We made her | جعل |
| 9 | وَٱبْنَهَآwa-ib'nahā | and her son | بني |
| 10 | ءَايَةًۭāyatan | a sign | أيي |
| 11 | لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīna | for the worlds | علم |