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وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ قَآئِمَةٌۭ فَضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَٰهَا بِإِسْحَٰقَ وَمِن وَرَآءِ إِسْحَٰقَ يَعْقُوبَ﴿٧١

Translation (Sahih International)

And his Wife was standing, and she smiled. Then We gave her good tidings of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥwa-im'ra-atuhuAnd his wife
قَآئِمَةٌۭqāimatun(was) standing
فَضَحِكَتْfaḍaḥikatand she laughed
فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهَاfabasharnāhāThen We gave her glad tidings
بِإِسْحَـٰقَbi-is'ḥāqaof Isaac
وَمِنwaminand after
وَرَآءِwarāiand after
إِسْحَـٰقَis'ḥāqaIsaac
يَعْقُوبَyaʿqūba(of) Yaqub

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Coming of the Angels to Ibrahim and Their Glad Tidings to Him of Ishaq and Ya`qubAllah, the Exalted, says, وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَآ(And verily, there came Our messengers) The word "messengers" here means angels. إِبْرَهِيمَ بِالْبُشْرَى(to Ibrahim with the glad tidings.) It has been said that the word "the glad tidings" means, "Receive the glad tidings of Ishaq." Others have said that it means, "The destruction of the people of Prophet Lut.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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