Surah Hud Ayah 72

Hud · Ayah 72 · Juz 12 · Page 230

قَالَتۡ يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٞ وَهَٰذَا بَعۡلِي شَيۡخًاۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيۡءٌ عَجِيبٞ ٧٢

Qālat yāwaylatā aʾalidu wa ana ʿajūzuw wa hādhā baʿlī shaykhā, inna hādhā lashayʾun ʿajīb.

She said, "Woe to me!1 Shall I give birth while I am an old woman and this, my husband, is an old man? Indeed, this is an amazing thing!"

Translation: Sahih International

Footnotes (1)
  1. An expression of surprise and amazement.

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Word by word12 words

  • قَالَتۡShe said
  • يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰٓWoe to me
  • ءَأَلِدُShall I bear a child
  • وَأَنَا۠while I am
  • عَجُوزٞan old woman
  • وَهَٰذَاand this
  • بَعۡلِيmy husband
  • شَيۡخًاۖ(is) an old man
  • إِنَّIndeed
  • هَٰذَاthis
  • لَشَيۡءٌ(is) surely a thing
  • عَجِيبٞamazing

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Juz
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Page
230
Hizb
23