Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 47 (3:47)

آلِ عِمْرَان

قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ ۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْلُقُ …

Quran 3:47 is ayah 47 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 56 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:47
قَالَتْرَبِّأَنَّىٰيَكُونُلِىوَلَدٌوَلَمْيَمْسَسْنِىبَشَرٌ ۖقَالَكَذَٰلِكِٱللَّهُيَخْلُقُمَايَشَآءُ ۚإِذَاقَضَىٰٓأَمْرًافَإِنَّمَايَقُولُلَهُۥكُنفَيَكُونُ٤٧
qālat rabbi annā yakūnu lī waladun walam yamsasnī basharun qāla kadhāliki l-lahu yakhluqu mā yashāu idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu

She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.(47)

Word by word

  1. قَالَتْqālatShe said
  2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
  3. أَنَّىٰannāhow
  4. يَكُونُyakūnuis [it]
  5. لِىlīfor me
  6. وَلَدٌwaladuna boy
  7. وَلَمْwalamand (has) not
  8. يَمْسَسْنِىyamsasnītouch(ed) me
  9. بَشَرٌ ۖbasharunany man
  10. قَالَqālaHe said
  11. كَذَٰلِكِkadhālikiThus
  12. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  13. يَخْلُقُyakhluqucreates
  14. مَاmāwhat
  15. يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
  16. إِذَاidhāWhen
  17. قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decrees
  18. أَمْرًاamrana matter
  19. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
  20. يَقُولُyaqūluHe says
  21. لَهُۥlahuto it
  22. كُنkunBe
  23. فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it becomes

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