Surah Maryam 19:20 — translation and meaning
مريم · Verse 20 / 98 · Page 306
قَالَتْ أَنَّى يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا
Word by Word
قَالَتْ
qalat
She said
أَنَّى
anna
How
يَكُونُ
yakunu
can be
لِي
li
for me
غُلَامٌ
ghulamun
a son
وَلَمْ
walam
when not
يَمْسَسْنِي
yamsasni
has touched me
بَشَرٌ
basharun
a man
وَلَمْ
walam
and not
أَكُ
aku
I am
بَغِيًّا
baghiyyan
unchaste
Transliteration
Qaalat anna yakoonu lee ghulaamunw wa lam yamsasnee bashrunw wa lam aku baghiyyaa
Translation
She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Mary said surprisingly: “How can I have a child when neither a husband nor anyone else has come near me nor am I an adulteress that I should have a child?”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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