Quran 3:46 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 46
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He will speak to people in his infancyand in his adulthood. He will be one of the righteous.’
وَيُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا وَمِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
wayukallimu l-nāsa fī l-mahdi wakahlan wamina l-ṣāliḥīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He shall speak to men in the cradle, and of age, and righteous he shall be.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And he shall speak unto men in his cradle, and as a grown man, and shall be of the righteous."
- Sahih International
- He will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيُكَلِّمُwayukallimu | And he will speak | كلم |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | (to) the people | نوس |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلْمَهْدِl-mahdi | the cradle | مهد |
| 5 | وَكَهْلًۭاwakahlan | and (in) maturity | كهل |
| 6 | وَمِنَwamina | and (he will be) of | — |
| 7 | ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīna | the righteous | صلح |