Surah Ali 'Imran 3:35 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 35 / 200 · Page 54

ۖ إِذْ قَالَتِ امْرَأَتُ عِمْرَانَ رَبِّ إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لَكَ مَا فِي بَطْنِي مُحَرَّرًا فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنِّي إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Word by Word

ۖ
إِذْ
idh
When
قَالَتِ
qalati
[she] said
امْرَأَتُ
im'ra-atu
(the) wife
عِمْرَانَ
im'rana
(of) Imran
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord!
إِنِّي
inni
Indeed I
نَذَرْتُ
nadhartu
[I] vowed
لَكَ
laka
to You
مَا
ma
what
فِي
fi
(is) in
بَطْنِي
batni
my womb
مُحَرَّرًا
muharraran
dedicated
فَتَقَبَّلْ
fataqabbal
so accept
مِنِّي
minni
from me
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed You
أَنتَ
anta
You
السَّمِيعُ
al-sami'u
(are) the All-Hearing
الْعَلِيمُ
al-'alimu
the All-Knowing

Transliteration

Iz qaalatim ra atu 'Imraana Rabbi innee nazartu laka maa fee batnee muharraran fataqabbal minnee innaka Antas Samee'ul 'Aleem

Translation

[Mention, O Muhammad], when the wife of 'Imran said, "My Lord, indeed I have pledged to You what is in my womb, consecrated [for Your service], so accept this from me. Indeed, You are the Hearing, the Knowing."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Remember, O Messenger, when the wife of ‘Imrān, the mother of Mary, said: O Lord, I have made it a duty on myself to fully dedicate my unborn child to You, to worship You and Your House, so accept this act from me. You are the One who hears my prayer and knows my intention.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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