Surah Maryam 19:8 — translation and meaning
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قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّى يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا
Word by Word
قَالَ
qala
He said
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord!
أَنَّى
anna
How
يَكُونُ
yakunu
can
لِي
li
I have
غُلَامٌ
ghulamun
a boy
وَكَانَتِ
wakanati
while is
امْرَأَتِي
im'ra-ati
my wife
عَاقِرًا
aqiran
barren
وَقَدْ
waqad
and indeed
بَلَغْتُ
balaghtu
I have reached
مِنَ
mina
of
الْكِبَرِ
al-kibari
the old age
عِتِيًّا
itiyyan
extreme
Transliteration
Qaala Rabbi annaa yakoonu lee ghulaamunw wa kaanatim ra atee aaqiranw wa qad balaghtu minal kibari 'itiyyaa
Translation
He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Zechariah said, amazed at the power of Allah: “How will a child be born to me when my wife is barren and I have reached the limit of old age and weakness of bones?”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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