Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 36 (3:36)

آلِ عِمْرَان

فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَضَعْتُهَآ أُنثَىٰ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ …

Quran 3:36 is ayah 36 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 54 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:36
فَلَمَّاوَضَعَتْهَاقَالَتْرَبِّإِنِّىوَضَعْتُهَآأُنثَىٰوَٱللَّهُأَعْلَمُبِمَاوَضَعَتْوَلَيْسَٱلذَّكَرُكَٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۖوَإِنِّىسَمَّيْتُهَامَرْيَمَوَإِنِّىٓأُعِيذُهَابِكَوَذُرِّيَّتَهَامِنَٱلشَّيْطَٰنِٱلرَّجِيمِ٣٦
falammā waḍaʿathā qālat rabbi innī waḍaʿtuhā unthā wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā waḍaʿat walaysa l-dhakaru kal-unthā wa-innī sammaytuhā maryama wa-innī uʿīdhuhā bika wadhurriyyatahā mina l-shayṭāni l-rajīmi

But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allāh 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 Allāh]."(36)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
  2. وَضَعَتْهَاwaḍaʿathāshe delivered her
  3. قَالَتْqālatshe said
  4. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
  5. إِنِّىinnīindeed I
  6. وَضَعْتُهَآwaḍaʿtuhā[I] (have) delivered [her]
  7. أُنثَىٰunthāa female
  8. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  9. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows better
  10. بِمَاbimā[of] what
  11. وَضَعَتْwaḍaʿatshe delivered
  12. وَلَيْسَwalaysaand is not
  13. ٱلذَّكَرُl-dhakaruthe male
  14. كَٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۖkal-unthālike the female
  15. وَإِنِّىwa-innīAnd that I
  16. سَمَّيْتُهَاsammaytuhā[I] (have) named her
  17. مَرْيَمَmaryamaMaryam
  18. وَإِنِّىٓwa-innīand that I
  19. أُعِيذُهَاuʿīdhuhā[I] seek refuge for her
  20. بِكَbikain You
  21. وَذُرِّيَّتَهَاwadhurriyyatahāand her offspring
  22. مِنَminafrom
  23. ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِl-shayṭānithe Shaitaan
  24. ٱلرَّجِيمِl-rajīmithe rejected

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