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فَأَرَدْنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُ زَكَوٰةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا

Word by word

فَأَرَدْنَآ

So we intended

Verb

أَن

that

Preposition

يُبْدِلَهُمَا

would change for them

Verb

رَبُّهُمَا

their Lord

Noun

خَيْرًا

a better

Noun

مِّنْهُ

than him

Preposition

زَكَوٰةً

(in) purity

Noun

وَأَقْرَبَ

and nearer

Noun

رُحْمًا

(in) affection

Noun

"So we desired that their Lord would give them in exchange (a son) better in purity (of conduct) and closer in affection.

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

"İstedik ki Rabbleri onun yerine kendilerine ondan temizlikçe daha hayırlı ve daha çok merhamet eden birini versin."

Böylece Rablerinin onun yerine kendilerine, ondan daha temiz ve daha merhametlisini vermesini istemiştik.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

And we intended that their Lord should change him for them for one better in purity and nearer to mercy.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain