Quran 3:40

Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 40

Verse 40 of 200 in Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران), chapter 3 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

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

EnglishSaheeh International
He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" He [the angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He does what He wills."
TamilJan Trust Foundation
அவர் கூறினார்; "என் இறைவனே! எனக்கு எப்படி மகன் ஒருவன் உண்டாக முடியும்? எனக்கு வயது அதிகமாகி (முதுமை வந்து) விட்டது. என் மனைவியும் மலடாக இருக்கின்றாள்;" அதற்கு (இறைவன்), "அவ்வாறே நடக்கும்;, அல்லாஹ் தான் நாடியதைச் செய்து முடிக்கின்றான்" என்று கூறினான்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center
‘මාගේ පරමාධිපතියාණනි! මට දරුවෙකු ලැබිය හැක්කේ කෙසේ ද? මා වයෝවෘද්ධ භාවය මා වෙත ළඟා වී ඇත. එමෙන් ම මාගේ බිරිය වද කතකි’ යැයි ඔහු පැවසුවේ ය. ‘එලෙසය අල්ලාහ් තමන් අභිමත දෑ සිදු කරනුයේ’ යැයි ඔහු (අල්ලාහ්) පැවසුවේ ය.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
کہنے لگے اے میرے رب! میرے ہاں بچہ کیسے ہوگا؟ میں بالکل بوڑھا ہو گیا ہوں اور میری بیوی بانجھ ہے، فرمایا، اسی طرح اللہ تعالیٰ جو چاہے کرتا ہے۔
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
かれは言った。「主よ,どうしてわたしに男の子があり得ましょう。わたしはもう老齢になってしまい,妻は不妊でありますのに。」かれ(天使)は言った。「このように,アッラーは御望みのことを行われる。」
ChineseMa Jian
他说:我的主啊!我确已老迈了,我的妻子是不会生育的,我怎么会有儿子呢? 天神说:真主如此为所欲为。

Tafsir of 3:40

The Supplication of Zakariyya, and the Good News of Yahya's Birth When Zakariyya saw that Allah provided sustenance for Maryam by giving her the fruits of winter in summer and the fruits of summer in winter, he was eager to have a child of his own. By then, Zakariyya had become an old man, his bones feeble and his head full of gray hair. His wife was an old women who was barren. Yet, he still supplicated to Allah and called Him in secret, رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنْكَ (O my Lord! Grant me from Ladunka,) from You, ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً (A good offspring) meaning, a righteous offspring, إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَآءِ (You are indeed the All-Hearer of invocation.) Allah said, فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلَئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّى فِى الْمِحْرَابِ (Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in the Mihrab,) meaning, the angels spoke to him directly while he was secluded, standing in prayer at his place of worship. Allah told us about the good news that the angels delivered to Zakariyya, أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَى (Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya, ) of a child from your offspring, his name is Yahya.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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Quran 3:40 — Surah Ali 'Imran Verse 40