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

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	Root / Link	Morphology
She said	قَالَتْ (qālat)	ق و ل	Verb V
My Lord	رَبِّ (rabbi)	ر ب ب	Noun Noun
how	أَنَّىٰ (annā)	أ ن ى	Noun Noun
is [it]	يَكُونُ (yakūnu)	ك و ن	Verb V
for me	لِى (lī)	—	Noun Noun
a boy	وَلَدٌ (waladun)	و ل د	Noun Noun
and (has) not	وَلَمْ (walam)	ل م	Prep. Prep
touch(ed) me	يَمْسَسْنِى (yamsasnī)	م س س	Verb V
any man	بَشَرٌ (basharun)	ب ش ر	Noun Noun
He said	قَالَ (qāla)	ق و ل	Verb V
Thus	كَذَٰلِكِ (kadhāliki)	ذ ل ك	Noun Noun
Allah	ٱللَّهُ (l-lahu)	أ ل ه	Noun Noun
creates	يَخْلُقُ (yakhluqu)	خ ل ق	Verb V
what	مَا (mā)	م ا	Noun Noun
He wills	يَشَآءُ (yashāu)	ش ي أ	Verb V
When	إِذَا (idhā)	إ ذ ا	Noun Noun
He decrees	قَضَىٰٓ (qaḍā)	ق ض ي	Verb V
a matter	أَمْرًا (amran)	أ م ر	Noun Noun
then only	فَإِنَّمَا (fa-innamā)	ا ن	Prep. Prep
He says	يَقُولُ (yaqūlu)	ق و ل	Verb V
to it	لَهُۥ (lahu)	—	Noun Noun
Be	كُن (kun)	ك و ن	Verb V
and it becomes	فَيَكُونُ (fayakūnu)	ك و ن	Verb V

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Surah: The Family of Imran, The House of Imran
Verse: 3:47
Juz: 3-4
Revelation: Medinan
Revelation Order: 89
Translations: 64
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Root Words in This Verse

قول (قالَ)
ربب (رَبّ)
كون (كانَ)
ولد (وَلَد)
مسس (مَسَّ)
بشر (بَشَر)
أله (اللَّه)
خلق (خَلَقَ)
شيأ (شاءَ)
قضي (قَضَى)
أمر (أَمْر)

Verses with similar phrasing (mutashabihat al-alfaz). Shared words are highlighted.

19:35 26%

مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

mā kāna lillahi an yattakhidha min waladin sub'ḥānahu idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūn

it would not befit God to have a child. He is far above that: when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ and it is

2:117 22%

بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

badīʿu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa-idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūn

He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ and it is

40:68 21%

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

huwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu fa-idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūn

It is He who gives life and death, and when He ordains a thing, He says only ‘Be’ and it is

3:40 17%

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

qāla rabbi annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun waqad balaghaniya l-kibaru wa-im'ra-atī ʿāqirun qāla kadhālika l-lahu yafʿalu mā yashā

He said, ‘My Lord, how can I have a son when I am so old and my wife is barren?’ [An angel] said, ‘It will be so: God does whatever He will.’

Word Analysis — The Family of Imran, The House of Imran 3:47

Abdel Haleem Word Analysis