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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 36of 200

فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَضَعْتُهَآ أُنثَىٰ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ ٱلذَّكَرُ كَٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۖ وَإِنِّى سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَإِنِّىٓ أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ﴿٣٦

Translation (Sahih International)

But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allah was most knowing of what she delivered, "And the male is not like the female. And I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her in You and [for] her descendants from Satan, the expelled [from the mercy of Allah]."

Word-by-word meaning

فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
وَضَعَتْهَاwaḍaʿathāshe delivered her
قَالَتْqālatshe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
إِنِّىinnīindeed I
وَضَعْتُهَآwaḍaʿtuhā[I] (have) delivered [her]
أُنثَىٰunthāa female
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows better
بِمَاbimā[of] what
وَضَعَتْwaḍaʿatshe delivered
وَلَيْسَwalaysaand is not
ٱلذَّكَرُl-dhakaruthe male
كَٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۖkal-unthālike the female
وَإِنِّىwa-innīAnd that I
سَمَّيْتُهَاsammaytuhā[I] (have) named her
مَرْيَمَmaryamaMaryam
وَإِنِّىٓwa-innīand that I
أُعِيذُهَاuʿīdhuhā[I] seek refuge for her
بِكَbikain You
وَذُرِّيَّتَهَاwadhurriyyatahāand her offspring
مِنَminafrom
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭānithe Shaitaan
ٱلرَّجِيمِl-rajīmithe rejected

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of Maryam's BirthThe wife of `Imran mentioned here is the mother of Maryam, and her name is Hannah bint Faqudh. Muhammad bin Ishaq mentioned that Hannah could not have children and that one day, she saw a bird feeding its chick. She wished she could have children and supplicated to Allah to grant her offspring. Allah accepted her supplication, and when her husband slept with her, she became pregnant.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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