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    • Quran-19:8 Surah Maryam English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

    قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَٰمٞ وَكَانَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتِي عَاقِرٗا وَقَدۡ بَلَغۡتُ مِنَ ٱلۡكِبَرِ عِتِيّٗا

    Transliteration:( Qaala Rabbi annaa yakoonu lee ghulaamunw wakaanat imra atee 'aaqiranw wa qad balaghtu minal kibari 'itiyyaa )

    8. He said, “O my Lord, how can I have a son when my wife is barren [13], and I have reached an advanced stage of old age?” (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

    (8) He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?" (Saheen International Translation)

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    Surah Maryam Ayat 8 Tafsir (Commentry)



    • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
    • Ibn Kathir
    • Ala-Madudi
    • Shaheen International

    📖 Commentary of Surah Maryam – Verse 8

    "He said, 'O my Lord, how can I have a son when my wife is barren [13], and I have reached an advanced stage of old age?'" (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

    ✅ [13] Wondering, Not Doubting Allah’s Power

    This statement means: either both of us will be made young again, or we will be granted a son in our current physical condition.

    There is no rejection of Allah Almighty’s power in this question—it is merely an expression of astonishment at how the divine will would unfold.

    The reply to this comes as: "So it is"—meaning you shall be given a son in this very condition of old age, without the need for rejuvenation.

    Ibn-Kathir

    8. He said: “My Lord! How can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have reached the extreme old age.” 9. He said: “Thus your Lord says: `It is easy for Me. Certainly I have created you before, when you had been nothing!”’)﴿19:8-9﴾

    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. The angel said that the Lord said,

    ﴿وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْئاً﴾

    (Certainly I have created you before, when you had been nothing!) This is similar to Allah’s statement,

    ﴿هَلْ أَتَى عَلَى الإِنسَـنِ حِينٌ مِّنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُن شَيْئاً مَّذْكُوراً ﴾

    (Has there not been over man a period of time, when he was not a thing worth mentioning) ﴿76:1﴾

    (19:8) He said: “My Lord! How can I have a boy when my wife is barren and I have reached an extremely old age?”

    Ala-Maududi

    (19:8) He said: “My Lord! How can I have a boy when my wife is barren and I have reached an extremely old age?”

    There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

    (8) He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"

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