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Quran Maqasid

Surah Hud, verse 72

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قالت يا ويلتى االد وانا عجوز وهذا بعلي شيخا ان هذا لشيء عجيب

She said: "Alas for me! Shall I bear a child, Seeing I am an old woman, And my husband here Is an old man? That would indeed Be a wonderful thing!"

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  • Verse 72 of 123
  • Juz 12
  • Page 230

Word by word

  1. قَالَتْShe saidqālat
  2. يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓWoe to meyāwaylatā
  3. ءَأَلِدُShall I bear a childa-alidu
  4. وَأَنَا۠while I amwa-anā
  5. عَجُوزٌۭan old womanʿajūzun
  6. وَهَـٰذَاand thiswahādhā
  7. بَعْلِىmy husbandbaʿlī
  8. شَيْخًا ۖ(is) an old manshaykhan
  9. إِنَّIndeedinna
  10. هَـٰذَاthishādhā
  11. لَشَىْءٌ(is) surely a thinglashayon
  12. عَجِيبٌۭamazingʿajībun

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