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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 40
قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرٌ ۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ ﴿40﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He said: "O my Lord! How can I have a son when I am very old, and my wife is barren?" (Allâh) said: "Thus Allâh does what He wills."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
أَنَّىٰ
annā
how
يَكُونُ
yakūnu
can (there) be
لِى
lī
for me
غُلَـٰمٌۭ
ghulāmun
a son
وَقَدْ
waqad
and verily
بَلَغَنِىَ
balaghaniya
has reached me
ٱلْكِبَرُ
l-kibaru
[the] old age
وَٱمْرَأَتِى
wa-im'ra-atī
and my wife
عَاقِرٌۭ ۖ
ʿāqirun
(is) [a] barren
قَالَ
qāla
He said
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
يَفْعَلُ
yafʿalu
does
مَا
mā
what
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
He wills
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 40){قَالَ رَبِّ اَنّٰى يَكُوْنُ......:} He was astonished at the immediate acceptance of the supplication and the glad tidings of an apparently impossible matter. The strange thing is that he himself is making the supplication, and then he himself is so astonished as to how this will happen. The answer given was that Allah does whatever He wills.
