Surah Maryam Ayah 20

Maryam · Ayah 20 · Juz 16 · Page 306

قَالَتۡ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَٰمٞ وَلَمۡ يَمۡسَسۡنِي بَشَرٞ وَلَمۡ أَكُ بَغِيّٗا ٢٠

Qālat annā yakūnu lī ghulāmuw wa lam yamsasnī basharuw wa lam aku baghiyyā.

She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"

Translation: Sahih International

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Word by word11 words

  • قَالَتۡShe said
  • أَنَّىٰHow
  • يَكُونُcan be
  • لِيfor me
  • غُلَٰمٞa son
  • وَلَمۡwhen not
  • يَمۡسَسۡنِيhas touched me
  • بَشَرٞa man
  • وَلَمۡand not
  • أَكُI am
  • بَغِيّٗاunchaste

Repeated phrases

  • قَالَتۡ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ

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Juz
16
Page
306
Hizb
31