Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Ayah 29 (51:29)

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فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ

Quran 51:29 is ayah 29 of Surah Adh-Dhariyat (“The Winnowing Winds”), a Meccan surah of 60 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 521 of the Madani Mushaf.

51:29
فَأَقْبَلَتِٱمْرَأَتُهُۥفِىصَرَّةٍفَصَكَّتْوَجْهَهَاوَقَالَتْعَجُوزٌعَقِيمٌ٢٩
fa-aqbalati im'ra-atuhu fī ṣarratin faṣakkat wajhahā waqālat ʿajūzun ʿaqīmun

And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"(29)

Word by word

  1. فَأَقْبَلَتِfa-aqbalatiThen came forward
  2. ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥim'ra-atuhuhis wife
  3. فِىfīwith
  4. صَرَّةٍṣarratina loud voice
  5. فَصَكَّتْfaṣakkatand struck
  6. وَجْهَهَاwajhahāher face
  7. وَقَالَتْwaqālatand she said
  8. عَجُوزٌʿajūzunAn old woman
  9. عَقِيمٌʿaqīmunbarren

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