Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:29 — translation and meaning
الذاريات · Verse 29 / 60 · Page 521
فَأَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فِي صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
Word by Word
فَأَقْبَلَتِ
fa-aqbalati
Then came forward
امْرَأَتُهُ
im'ra-atuhu
his wife
فِي
fi
with
صَرَّةٍ
sarratin
a loud voice
فَصَكَّتْ
fasakkat
and struck
وَجْهَهَا
wajhaha
her face
وَقَالَتْ
waqalat
and she said
عَجُوزٌ
ajuzun
An old woman
عَقِيمٌ
aqimun
barren!
Transliteration
Fa aqbalatim ra-atuhoo fee sarratin fasakkat wajhahaa wa qaalat 'ajoozun 'aqeem
Translation
And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
When his wife heard the glad tiding, she came screaming out of happiness and slapped her face, and said in surprise: “Will an old woman give birth when she is actually barren?”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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