سورة مَریَم
Surah Maryam 19:8
Mary · Verse 8 of 98
قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا
Abdul Mannan Omar
He (- Zachariah) said, `My Lord! how shall I beget a son when my wife is barren and I have (already) reached the extreme (limit of) old age?´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren and I have grown quite decrepit from old age?
Ahmed Ali
"How can I have a son, O Lord" he said, "when my wife is barren and I am old and decrepit?"
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Ali Unal
He said: "My Lord! How shall I have a son when my wife is barren and I have already reached infirmity in old age?"
Daryabadi
He said: O my Lord! in what wise shall there be for me a boy, whereas my wife hath been barren, and surely have reached an age of extreme degree?
Faridul Haque
He submitted, "My Lord - how can I have a son whereas my wife is barren and I have reached infirmity due to old age?"
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: My Lord, how shall I have a son, and my wife is barren, and I have reached extreme old age?
Maulvi Sher Ali
He said, `My Lord, how shall I have a son when my wife is barren, and I have reached the extreme limit of old age?
Muhammad Asad
[Zachariah] exclaimed: "O my Sustainer! How can I have a son when my wife has always been barren and I have become utterly infirm through old age?"
Muhammad Musin Khan
He said: "My Lord! How can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have reached the extreme old age."
Muhammad Pickthall
He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached infirm old age?
Muhammad Sarwar
He said, "Lord, how can I have a son? My wife is barren and I have reached an extremely old age".
Muhammed ali Shakir
He said: O my Lord! when shall I have a son, and my wife is barren, and I myself have reached indeed the extreme degree of old age?
Rashad Khalifa
He said, "My Lord, will I have a son despite my wife's sterility, and despite my old age?"
Shabbir Ahmed
Zacharias exclaimed, "My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I am already infirm with old age?"