Surah Ali 'Imran Ayah 47

Ali 'Imran · Ayah 47 · Juz 3 · Page 56

قَالَتۡ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي وَلَدٞ وَلَمۡ يَمۡسَسۡنِي بَشَرٞۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ ٱللَّهُ يَخۡلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمۡرٗا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٤٧

Qālat rabbi annā yakūnu lī waladuw wa lam yamsasnī bashar, qāla kadhālikillāhu yakhluqu mā yashāʾ, idhā qaḍā amran fa innamā yaqūlu lahū kun fayakūn.

She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.

Translation: Sahih International

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Word by word23 words

  • قَالَتۡShe said
  • رَبِّMy Lord
  • أَنَّىٰhow
  • يَكُونُis [it]
  • لِيfor me
  • وَلَدٞa boy
  • وَلَمۡand (has) not
  • يَمۡسَسۡنِيtouch(ed) me
  • بَشَرٞۖany man
  • قَالَHe said
  • كَذَٰلِكِThus
  • ٱللَّهُAllah
  • يَخۡلُقُcreates
  • مَاwhat
  • يَشَآءُۚHe wills
  • إِذَاWhen
  • قَضَىٰٓHe decrees
  • أَمۡرٗاa matter
  • فَإِنَّمَاthen only
  • يَقُولُHe says
  • لَهُۥto it
  • كُنBe
  • فَيَكُونُand it becomes

Repeated phrases

  • قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ

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  • قَالَتۡ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ

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  • إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمۡرٗا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

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Ali 'Imranآل عمران

The Family of Imran · Medinan · 200 ayahs

Juz
3
Page
56
Hizb
6