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Al-Qalam

19:8

Maryam 8

Surah Maryam (مريم), verse 8 — reference 19:8. Arabic text with optional translation and free audio on Al-Qalam.

قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا

qāla rabbi annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran waqad balaghtu mina l-kibari ʿitiyyan

He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"