Quran 3:40

Surah Aal-i-Imraan, Verse 40

Juz 3 · Page 55 · Ruku 45 · Medinan

قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرٌ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ

Word by word

قَالَ qāla He said رَبِّ rabbi My Lord أَنَّىٰ annā how يَكُونُ yakūnu can (there) be لِى lī for me غُلَـٰمٌۭ ghulāmun a son وَقَدْ waqad and verily بَلَغَنِىَ balaghaniya has reached me ٱلْكِبَرُ l-kibaru [the] old age وَٱمْرَأَتِى wa-im'ra-atī and my wife عَاقِرٌۭ ۖ ʿāqirun (is) [a] barren قَالَ qāla He said كَذَٰلِكَ kadhālika Thus ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah يَفْعَلُ yafʿalu does مَا mā what يَشَآءُ yashāu He wills

Transliteration

Qala rabbi anna yakoonu leeghulamun waqad balaghaniya alkibaru wamraatee AAaqirunqala kathalika Allahu yafAAalu mayasha/

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when age hath overtaken me already and my wife is barren? (The angel) answered: So (it will be). Allah doeth what He will.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have son, seeing I am very old, and my wife is barren?" "Thus," was the answer, "Doth Allah accomplish what He willeth."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

فلما تحقق زكريا ، عليه السلام ، هذه البشارة أخذ يتعجب من وجود الولد منه بعد الكبر ( قال رب أنى يكون لي غلام وقد بلغني الكبر وامرأتي عاقر قال ) أي الملك : ( كذلك الله يفعل ما يشاء ) أي : هكذا أمر الله عظيم ، لا يعجزه شيء ولا يتعاظمه أمر .