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Quran Maqasid

Surah Maryam, verse 8

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قال رب انى يكون لي غلام وكانت امراتي عاقرا وقد بلغت من الكبر عتيا

He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son, When my wife is barren And I have grown quite decrepit From old age?"

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  • Verse 8 of 98
  • Juz 16
  • Page 305

Word by word

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. رَبِّMy Lordrabbi
  3. أَنَّىٰHowannā
  4. يَكُونُcanyakūnu
  5. لِىI havelī
  6. غُلَـٰمٌۭa boyghulāmun
  7. وَكَانَتِwhile iswakānati
  8. ٱمْرَأَتِىmy wifeim'ra-atī
  9. عَاقِرًۭاbarrenʿāqiran
  10. وَقَدْand indeedwaqad
  11. بَلَغْتُI have reachedbalaghtu
  12. مِنَofmina
  13. ٱلْكِبَرِthe old agel-kibari
  14. عِتِيًّۭاextremeʿitiyyan

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