Surah Maryam 19:19 — translation and meaning

مريم · Verse 19 / 98 · Page 306

قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا

Word by Word

قَالَ
qala
He said
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
أَنَا
ana
I am
رَسُولُ
rasulu
a Messenger
رَبِّكِ
rabbiki
(from) your Lord
لِأَهَبَ
li-ahaba
that I (may) bestow
لَكِ
laki
on you
غُلَامًا
ghulaman
a son
زَكِيًّا
zakiyyan
pure

Transliteration

Qaala innamaa ana rasoolu Rabbiki li ahaba laki ghulaaman zakiyyaa

Translation

He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Gabriel (peace be upon him) said: “I am not a human. I am only a Messenger from your Lord who He has sent to you for me to give you a good pure child”.

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

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