Surah Maryam, Ayah 26 (19:26)

مَرْيَم

فَكُلِى وَٱشْرَبِى وَقَرِّى عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِىٓ إِنِّى …

Quran 19:26 is ayah 26 of Surah Maryam (“Mary”), a Meccan surah of 98 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 307 of the Madani Mushaf.

19:26
فَكُلِىوَٱشْرَبِىوَقَرِّىعَيْنًا ۖفَإِمَّاتَرَيِنَّمِنَٱلْبَشَرِأَحَدًافَقُولِىٓإِنِّىنَذَرْتُلِلرَّحْمَٰنِصَوْمًافَلَنْأُكَلِّمَٱلْيَوْمَإِنسِيًّا٢٦
fakulī wa-ish'rabī waqarrī ʿaynan fa-immā tarayinna mina l-bashari aḥadan faqūlī innī nadhartu lilrraḥmāni ṣawman falan ukallima l-yawma insiyyan

So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.'"(26)

Word by word

  1. فَكُلِىfakulīSo eat
  2. وَٱشْرَبِىwa-ish'rabīand drink
  3. وَقَرِّىwaqarrīand cool
  4. عَيْنًا ۖʿaynan(your) eyes
  5. فَإِمَّاfa-immāAnd if
  6. تَرَيِنَّtarayinnayou see
  7. مِنَminafrom
  8. ٱلْبَشَرِl-basharihuman being
  9. أَحَدًاaḥadananyone
  10. فَقُولِىٓfaqūlīthen say
  11. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
  12. نَذَرْتُnadhartu[I] have vowed
  13. لِلرَّحْمَٰنِlilrraḥmānito the Most Gracious
  14. صَوْمًاṣawmana fast
  15. فَلَنْfalanso not
  16. أُكَلِّمَukallimaI will speak
  17. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
  18. إِنسِيًّاinsiyyan(to any) human being

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