Surah Maryam, Ayah 28 (19:28)

مَرْيَم

يَٰٓأُخْتَ هَٰرُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ ٱمْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا

Quran 19:28 is ayah 28 of Surah Maryam (“Mary”), a Meccan surah of 98 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 307 of the Madani Mushaf.

19:28
يَٰٓأُخْتَهَٰرُونَمَاكَانَأَبُوكِٱمْرَأَسَوْءٍوَمَاكَانَتْأُمُّكِبَغِيًّا٢٨
yāukh'ta hārūna mā kāna abūki im'ra-a sawin wamā kānat ummuki baghiyyan

O sister [i.e., descendant] of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."(28)

Word by word

  1. يَٰٓأُخْتَyāukh'taO sister
  2. هَٰرُونَhārūna(of) Harun
  3. مَاmāNot
  4. كَانَkānawas
  5. أَبُوكِabūkiyour father
  6. ٱمْرَأَim'ra-aan evil man
  7. سَوْءٍsawinan evil man
  8. وَمَاwamāand not
  9. كَانَتْkānatwas
  10. أُمُّكِummukiyour mother
  11. بَغِيًّاbaghiyyanunchaste

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