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Quran Maqasid

Surah Maryam, verse 20

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قالت انى يكون لي غلام ولم يمسسني بشر ولم اك بغيا

She said: "How shall I Have a son, seeing that No man has touched me, And I am not unchaste?"

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  • Verse 20 of 98
  • Juz 16
  • Page 306

Word by word

  1. قَالَتْShe saidqālat
  2. أَنَّىٰHowannā
  3. يَكُونُcan beyakūnu
  4. لِىfor melī
  5. غُلَـٰمٌۭa songhulāmun
  6. وَلَمْwhen notwalam
  7. يَمْسَسْنِىhas touched meyamsasnī
  8. بَشَرٌۭa manbasharun
  9. وَلَمْand notwalam
  10. أَكُI amaku
  11. بَغِيًّۭاunchastebaghiyyan

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