Surah Maryam, Ayah 29 (19:29)

مَرْيَم

فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا

Quran 19:29 is ayah 29 of Surah Maryam (“Mary”), a Meccan surah of 98 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 307 of the Madani Mushaf.

19:29
فَأَشَارَتْإِلَيْهِ ۖقَالُوا۟كَيْفَنُكَلِّمُمَنكَانَفِىٱلْمَهْدِصَبِيًّا٢٩
fa-ashārat ilayhi qālū kayfa nukallimu man kāna fī l-mahdi ṣabiyyan

So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"(29)

Word by word

  1. فَأَشَارَتْfa-ashāratThen she pointed
  2. إِلَيْهِ ۖilayhito him
  3. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  4. كَيْفَkayfaHow
  5. نُكَلِّمُnukallimu(can) we speak
  6. مَنman(to one) who
  7. كَانَkānais
  8. فِىfīin
  9. ٱلْمَهْدِl-mahdithe cradle
  10. صَبِيًّاṣabiyyana child

Tafsir (commentary) of 19:29

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