Quran 19:8

Surah Maryam, Verse 8

Verse 8 of 98 in Surah Maryam (مريم), chapter 19 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

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

EnglishSaheeh International
He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"
TamilJan Trust Foundation
(அதற்கு அவர்) "என் இறைவனே! என் மனைவியோ மலடாகவும், முதுமையின் தள்ளாத பருவத்தை நான் அடைந்தும் இருக்கும் நிலையில் எனக்கு எவ்வாறு ஒரு புதல்வன் உண்டாகுவான்?" எனக் கூறினார்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center
මාගේ පරමාධිපතියාණනි! මට දරුවකු කෙසේ නම් වන්නේ ද? මාගේ බිරිය වඳ කාන්තාවක් වූවා ය. මා ද මහලුවියේ අවසානයට ළඟා වී ඇත්තෙමි යැයි ඔහු පැවසුවේ ය.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
زکریا (علیہ السلام) کہنے لگے میرے رب! میرے ہاں لڑکا کیسے ہوگا، جبکہ میری بیوی بانجھ اور میں خود بڑھاپے کے انتہائی ضعف کو پہنچ چکا ہوں.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
かれは申しあげた。「主よ,わたしにどうして息子がありましょう。わたしの妻は不妊です。その上わたしは極めて高齢になりました。」
ChineseMa Jian
他说:我的主啊!我的妻子是不会生育的,我也老态龙钟了,我怎么会有儿子呢?

Tafsir of 19:8

His amazement after the acceptance of His Supplication Zakariyya was amazed when his supplication was answered and he was given the good news of a son. He became extremely overjoyed and asked how this child would be born to him, and in what manner he would come. This was particularly amazing because his wife was an old woman who was barren and had not given birth to any children in her entire life. Even Zakariyya himself had become old and advanced in years, his bones had become feeble and thin, and he had no potent semen or vigor for sexual intercourse. The Answer of the Angel قَالَ (He said:) That is, the angel, in his response to Zakariyya and his was amazement. كَذَلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ ("Thus says your Lord: `It is easy for Me..."') Meaning the birth of the son will be from you and from this wife of yours and not from any other (woman). هَيِّنٌ (easy) Meaning, it is simple and easy for Allah to do. Then he (the angel) mentioned to him that which is more amazing than what he was asking about.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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