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Surah Maryam, Ayah 4 (19:4)

مَرْيَم

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ …

Quran 19:4 is ayah 4 of Surah Maryam (“Mary”), a Meccan surah of 98 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 305 of the Madani Mushaf.

19:4
قَالَرَبِّإِنِّىوَهَنَٱلْعَظْمُمِنِّىوَٱشْتَعَلَٱلرَّأْسُشَيْبًاوَلَمْأَكُنۢبِدُعَآئِكَرَبِّشَقِيًّا٤
qāla rabbi innī wahana l-ʿaẓmu minnī wa-ish'taʿala l-rasu shayban walam akun biduʿāika rabbi shaqiyyan

He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., disappointed].(4)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
  3. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
  4. وَهَنَwahana(have) weakened
  5. ٱلْعَظْمُl-ʿaẓmumy bones
  6. مِنِّىminnīmy bones
  7. وَٱشْتَعَلَwa-ish'taʿalaand flared
  8. ٱلرَّأْسُl-rasu(my) head
  9. شَيْبًاshayban(with) white
  10. وَلَمْwalamand not
  11. أَكُنۢakunI have been
  12. بِدُعَآئِكَbiduʿāikain (my) supplication (to) You
  13. رَبِّrabbimy Lord
  14. شَقِيًّاshaqiyyanunblessed

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