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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 40

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قال رب انى يكون لي غلام وقد بلغني الكبر وامراتي عاقر قال كذلك الله يفعل ما يشاء

He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son, Seeing I am very old, And my wife is barren?" "Thus, "was the answer, "Doth God accomplish What He willeth,"

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  • Verse 40 of 200
  • Juz 3
  • Page 55

Word by word

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. رَبِّMy Lordrabbi
  3. أَنَّىٰhowannā
  4. يَكُونُcan (there) beyakūnu
  5. لِىfor melī
  6. غُلَـٰمٌۭa songhulāmun
  7. وَقَدْand verilywaqad
  8. بَلَغَنِىَhas reached mebalaghaniya
  9. ٱلْكِبَرُ[the] old agel-kibaru
  10. وَٱمْرَأَتِىand my wifewa-im'ra-atī
  11. عَاقِرٌۭ ۖ(is) [a] barrenʿāqirun
  12. قَالَHe saidqāla
  13. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  14. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  15. يَفْعَلُdoesyafʿalu
  16. مَاwhatmā
  17. يَشَآءُHe willsyashāu

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