Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds)
Verse 29of 60
فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍۢ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌۭ﴿٢٩﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
Word-by-word meaning
فَأَقْبَلَتِfa-aqbalatiThen came forward
ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥim'ra-atuhuhis wife
فِىfīwith
صَرَّةٍۢṣarratina loud voice
فَصَكَّتْfaṣakkatand struck
وَجْهَهَاwajhahāher face
وَقَالَتْwaqālatand she said
عَجُوزٌʿajūzunAn old woman
عَقِيمٌۭʿaqīmunbarren
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
The Guests of the Prophet IbrahimWe mentioned this story before in Surah Hud and Al-Hijr. Allah said,هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَهِيمَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ (Has the story reached you, of the honored guests of Ibrahim), whom Ibrahim honored and who,قَالُواْ سَلَـماً قَالَ سَلَـمٌ(they said: "Salaman!" He answered: "Salamun.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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