آلِ عِمْرَان : ٤٠

  • قَالَ He said
  • رَبِّ My Lord
  • أَنَّىٰ how
  • يَكُونُ can (there) be
  • لِي for me
  • غُلَٰمٞ a son
  • وَقَدۡ and verily
  • بَلَغَنِيَ has reached me
  • ٱلۡكِبَرُ [the] old age
  • وَٱمۡرَأَتِي and my wife
  • عَاقِرٞۖ (is) [a] barren
  • قَالَ He said
  • كَذَٰلِكَ Thus
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah
  • يَفۡعَلُ does
  • مَا what
  • يَشَآءُ He wills
He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" He [the angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He does what He wills."
He said, 'My Lord! How shall I have a boy, a son, when old age has overtaken me, that is, [after] I have reached extreme [old] age, 120 years [old]; and my wife is barren?', having reached the age of 98. He said, 'So it, the matter, will be', with God creating a boy from both of you. 'God does what He will', nothing can prevent Him therefrom, and in order to manifest this great power he was inspired with the question so that he would be answered through it [this great power]. And when his soul longed for the swift fulfilment of that of which good tidings had been given: