Surah Maryam 19:4 — translation and meaning
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُن بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا
Word by Word
قَالَ
qala
He said
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
إِنِّي
inni
Indeed, [I]
وَهَنَ
wahana
(have) weakened
الْعَظْمُ
al-'azmu
my bones
مِنِّي
minni
my bones
وَاشْتَعَلَ
wa-ish'ta'ala
and flared
الرَّأْسُ
al-rasu
(my) head
شَيْبًا
shayban
(with) white
وَلَمْ
walam
and not
أَكُن
akun
I have been
بِدُعَائِكَ
bidu'aika
in (my) supplication (to) You
رَبِّ
rabbi
my Lord
شَقِيًّا
shaqiyyan
unblessed
Transliteration
Qaala Rabbi innee wahanal'azmu minnee washta'alar raasu shaibanw wa lam akum bidu'aaa'ika Rabbi shaqiyyaa
Translation
He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
He said: “My Lord, indeed my bones have become weak, the white hairs on my head have increased, and I was not unsuccessful in my supplicating You. In fact, every time I supplicated You, You accepted.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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