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Surah Maryam, Ayah 21 (19:21)

مَرْيَم

قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُۥٓ ءَايَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِّنَّا ۚ …

Quran 19:21 is ayah 21 of Surah Maryam (“Mary”), a Meccan surah of 98 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 306 of the Madani Mushaf.

19:21
قَالَكَذَٰلِكِقَالَرَبُّكِهُوَعَلَىَّهَيِّنٌ ۖوَلِنَجْعَلَهُۥٓءَايَةًلِّلنَّاسِوَرَحْمَةًمِّنَّا ۚوَكَانَأَمْرًامَّقْضِيًّا٢١
qāla kadhāliki qāla rabbuki huwa ʿalayya hayyinun walinajʿalahu āyatan lilnnāsi waraḥmatan minnā wakāna amran maqḍiyyan

He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.'"(21)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. كَذَٰلِكِkadhālikiThus
  3. قَالَqālasaid
  4. رَبُّكِrabbukiyour Lord
  5. هُوَhuwa'It
  6. عَلَىَّʿalayya(is) for Me
  7. هَيِّنٌ ۖhayyinuneasy
  8. وَلِنَجْعَلَهُۥٓwalinajʿalahuand so that We will make him
  9. ءَايَةًāyatana sign
  10. لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the mankind
  11. وَرَحْمَةًwaraḥmatanand a Mercy
  12. مِّنَّا ۚminnāfrom Us
  13. وَكَانَwakānaAnd (it) is
  14. أَمْرًاamrana matter
  15. مَّقْضِيًّاmaqḍiyyandecreed.'

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