← Surah 3

3:40

قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرٌ ۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ

Word by word

قَالَ
He said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
رَبِّ
My Lord
Noun
Root: ربب
Grammar (i'rab)
رَبِّNoun — masculine، accusative
Noun — pronoun، suffix، 1st sing.
أَنَّىٰ
how
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنَّىٰNoun — interrogative، accusative
يَكُونُ
can (there) be
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
يَكُونُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
لِى
for me
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لِPreposition — preposition، prefix
ىNoun — pronoun، 1st sing.
غُلَٰمٌ
a son
Noun
Root: غلم
Grammar (i'rab)
غُلَٰمٌNoun — masculine، indefinite، nominative
وَقَدْ
and verily
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — circumstantial، prefix
قَدْPreposition — particle of certainty
بَلَغَنِىَ
has reached me
Verb
Root: بلغ
Grammar (i'rab)
بَلَغَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
نِىَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st sing.
ٱلْكِبَرُ
[the] old age
Noun
Root: كبر
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
كِبَرُNoun — masculine، nominative
وَٱمْرَأَتِى
and my wife
Noun
Root: مرأ
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
ٱمْرَأَتِNoun — feminine، nominative
ىNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st sing.
عَاقِرٌ
(is) [a] barren
Noun
Root: عقر
Grammar (i'rab)
عَاقِرٌNoun — active participle، masculine، indefinite، nominative
قَالَ
He said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
كَذَٰلِكَ
Thus
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
كَPreposition — preposition، prefix
ذَٰNoun — demonstrative، masc. sing.
لِPreposition — distance، suffix
كَPreposition — addressee، suffix، masculine
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهُNoun — proper noun، nominative
يَفْعَلُ
does
Verb
Root: فعل
Grammar (i'rab)
يَفْعَلُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
مَا
what
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَاNoun — relative
يَشَآءُ
He wills
Verb
Root: شيأ
Grammar (i'rab)
يَشَآءُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.

Translation

EN

He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have son, seeing I am very old, and my wife is barren?" "Thus," was the answer, "Doth Allah accomplish what He willeth."

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

He said, ‘My Lord, how can I have a son when I am so old and my wife is barren?’ [An angel] said, ‘It will be so: God does whatever He will.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when age hath overtaken me already and my wife is barren? (The angel) answered: So (it will be). Allah doeth what He will.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" He [the angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He does what He wills."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

"Ya Rabbi! Ben artık iyice kocamış, karım da kısırken nasıl oğlum olabilir?" dedi. Allah: "Böyledir, Allah dilediğini yapar" dedi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Zekeriyya: "Ey Rabbim, benim nasıl oğlum olabilir? Bana ihtiyarlık gelip çattı, karım ise kısırdır." dedi. Allah: "Öyledir, fakat Allah dilediğini yapar." buyurdu.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(Zekeriya) şöyle demişti: “Rabbim! Yaşlılık bana gelip çattığına, hanımım da kısır olduğuna göre benim (bir) oğlum nasıl olabilir ki?” (Melekler) şöyle demişti: “Öyle, (ama) Allah dilediğini yapar.”

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

قال زكريا فرحًا متعجبًا: ربِّ أنَّى يكون لي غلام مع أن الشيخوخة قد بلغت مني مبلغها، وامرأتي عقيم لا تلد؟ قال: كذلك يفعل الله ما يشاء من الأفعال العجيبة المخالفة للعادة.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

Where this verse appears

Topics
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