Quran 51:29 — Adh-Dhaariyat, verse 29
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
His wife then entered with a loud cry, struck her face, and said, ‘A barren old woman?’
فَأَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فِي صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
fa-aqbalati im'ra-atuhu fī ṣarratin faṣakkat wajhahā waqālat ʿajūzun ʿaqīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then came forward his wife, clamouring, and she smote her face, and said, 'An old woman, barren!'
- Muhammad Asad
- Thereupon his wife approached [the guests] with a loud cry, and struck her face [in astonishment] and exclaimed: “A barren old woman [like me]!”
- Sahih International
- And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَقْبَلَتِfa-aqbalati | Then came forward | قبل |
| 2 | ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥim'ra-atuhu | his wife | مرأ |
| 3 | فِىfī | with | — |
| 4 | صَرَّةٍۢṣarratin | a loud voice | صرر |
| 5 | فَصَكَّتْfaṣakkat | and struck | صكك |
| 6 | وَجْهَهَاwajhahā | her face | وجه |
| 7 | وَقَالَتْwaqālat | and she said | قول |
| 8 | عَجُوزٌʿajūzun | An old woman | عجز |
| 9 | عَقِيمٌۭʿaqīmun | barren | عقم |