The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City 15:54

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Arabic English Morphology
قَالَ qāla
He said V
Do you give me glad tidings V
Do you give me glad tidings Prep
أَن an
although Prep
has overtaken me V
old age Noun
فَبِمَ fabima
Then about what Noun
you give glad tidings V

He said, ‘How can you give me such news when old age has come to me? What sort of news is this?’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالَ أَبَشَّرۡتُمُونِی عَلَىٰۤ أَن مَّسَّنِیَ ٱلۡكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ ۝٥٤

qāla abashartumūnī ʿalā an massaniya l-kibaru fabima tubashirūn