سُوْرَةُ مَرْيَمَ
Surah Maryam (19) — Ayah 29
فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا ﴿29﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Then she pointed to him. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَأَشَارَتْ
fa-ashārat
Then she pointed
إِلَيْهِ ۖ
ilayhi
to him
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
كَيْفَ
kayfa
How
نُكَلِّمُ
nukallimu
(can) we speak
مَن
man
(to one) who
كَانَ
kāna
is
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْمَهْدِ
l-mahdi
the cradle
صَبِيًّۭا
ṣabiyyan
a child
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is a child in the cradle?" [28]
[28] Lady Maryam, following the angel’s instruction, did not respond to any of their harsh and bitter words, but instead pointed towards the newborn child, indicating that he himself would answer. This made the people even more angry, and they said, “First you are guilty yourself, and now you are mocking us. How can this child, who has just been born, possibly answer these matters?”
[28] Lady Maryam, following the angel’s instruction, did not respond to any of their harsh and bitter words, but instead pointed towards the newborn child, indicating that he himself would answer. This made the people even more angry, and they said, “First you are guilty yourself, and now you are mocking us. How can this child, who has just been born, possibly answer these matters?”
