Surah Maryam, Ayah 23 (19:23)

مَرْيَم

فَأَجَآءَهَا ٱلْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَٰلَيْتَنِى مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنتُ …

Quran 19:23 is ayah 23 of Surah Maryam (“Mary”), a Meccan surah of 98 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 306 of the Madani Mushaf.

19:23
فَأَجَآءَهَاٱلْمَخَاضُإِلَىٰجِذْعِٱلنَّخْلَةِقَالَتْيَٰلَيْتَنِىمِتُّقَبْلَهَٰذَاوَكُنتُنَسْيًامَّنسِيًّا٢٣
fa-ajāahā l-makhāḍu ilā jidh'ʿi l-nakhlati qālat yālaytanī mittu qabla hādhā wakuntu nasyan mansiyyan

And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."(23)

Word by word

  1. فَأَجَآءَهَاfa-ajāahāThen drove her
  2. ٱلْمَخَاضُl-makhāḍuthe pains of childbirth
  3. إِلَىٰilāto
  4. جِذْعِjidh'ʿi(the) trunk
  5. ٱلنَّخْلَةِl-nakhlati(of) the date-palm
  6. قَالَتْqālatShe said
  7. يَٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīO! I wish
  8. مِتُّmittuI (had) died
  9. قَبْلَqablabefore
  10. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  11. وَكُنتُwakuntuand I was
  12. نَسْيًاnasyan(in) oblivion
  13. مَّنسِيًّاmansiyyanforgotten

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