The Family of Imran, The House of Imran — Verse 47

3:47 · al-Imran

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The Family of Imran, The House of Imran 3:47

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Arabic English Morphology
قَالَتْ qālat
She said V
رَبِّ rabbi
My Lord Noun
أَنَّىٰ annā
how Noun
يَكُونُ yakūnu
is [it] V
لِى lī
for me Noun
وَلَدٌ waladun
a boy Noun
وَلَمْ walam
and (has) not Prep
يَمْسَسْنِى yamsasnī
touch(ed) me V
بَشَرٌ basharun
any man Noun
قَالَ qāla
He said V
كَذَٰلِكِ kadhāliki
Thus Noun
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
Allah Noun
يَخْلُقُ yakhluqu
creates V
مَا mā
what Noun
يَشَآءُ yashāu
He wills V
إِذَا idhā
When Noun
قَضَىٰٓ qaḍā
He decrees V
أَمْرًا amran
a matter Noun
فَإِنَّمَا fa-innamā
then only Prep
يَقُولُ yaqūlu
He says V
لَهُۥ lahu
to it Noun
كُن kun
Be V
فَيَكُونُ fayakūnu
and it becomes V

She said, ‘My Lord, how can I have a son when no man has touched me?’ [The angel] said, ‘This is how God creates what He will: when He has ordained something, He only says, “Be”, and it is

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالَتۡ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ یَكُونُ لِی وَلَدࣱ وَلَمۡ یَمۡسَسۡنِی بَشَرࣱۖ قَالَ كَذَ ٰلِكِ ٱللَّهُ یَخۡلُقُ مَا یَشَاۤءُۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰۤ أَمۡرࣰا فَإِنَّمَا یَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَیَكُونُ ۝٤٧

qālat rabbi annā yakūnu lī waladun walam yamsasnī basharun qāla kadhāliki l-lahu yakhluqu mā yashāu idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūn

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