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Quran 15:54

Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 54

Juz 14 · Page 265 · Ruku 221 · Meccan

قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ

Word by word

قَالَ qāla He said أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى abashartumūnī Do you give me glad tidings عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā Do you give me glad tidings أَن an although مَّسَّنِىَ massaniya has overtaken me ٱلْكِبَرُ l-kibaru old age فَبِمَ fabima Then about what تُبَشِّرُونَ tubashirūna you give glad tidings

Transliteration

Qala abashshartumoonee AAalaan massaniya alkibaru fabima tubashshiroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

He said: Bring ye me good tidings (of a son) when old age hath overtaken me? Of what then can ye bring good tidings?

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He said: "Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of what, then, is your good news?"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم " قال "متعجبا من كبره وكبر زوجته ومتحققا للوعد " أبشرتموني على أن مسني الكبر فبم تبشرون " فأجابوه مؤكدين لما بشروه به تحقيقا وبشارة بعد بشارة.

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.