← Surah 19

19:29

فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا

Word by word

فَأَشَارَتْ
Then she pointed
Verb
Root: شور
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — resumption، prefix
أَشَارَتْVerb — perfect، 3rd fem. sing.
إِلَيْهِ
to him
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَيْPreposition — preposition
هِNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
قَالُوا۟
They said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
كَيْفَ
How
Noun
Root: كيف
Grammar (i'rab)
كَيْفَNoun — interrogative
نُكَلِّمُ
(can) we speak
Verb
Root: كلم
Grammar (i'rab)
نُكَلِّمُVerb — imperfect، 1st plur.
مَن
(to one) who
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَنNoun — relative
كَانَ
is
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
كَانَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
فِى
in
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
فِىPreposition — preposition
ٱلْمَهْدِ
the cradle
Noun
Root: مهد
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
مَهْدِNoun — masculine، genitive
صَبِيًّا
a child
Noun
Root: صبو
Grammar (i'rab)
صَبِيًّاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative

Translation

EN

But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

She pointed at him. They said, ‘How can we converse with an infant?’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

Then she pointed to him. They said: How can we talk to one who is in the cradle, a young boy?

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Meryem çocuğu gösterdi. "Biz beşikteki çocukla nasıl konuşabiliriz?" dediler.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Bunun üzerine Meryem çocuğu gösterdi. Onlar; "Biz beşikteki bir çocukla nasıl konuşuruz?" dediler.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(Meryem) ona (çocuğa) işaret etmişti. Onlar da “Beşikteki bir bebekle nasıl konuşuruz!” demişlerdi.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

فأشارت مريم إلى مولودها عيسى ليسألوه ويكلموه، فقالوا منكرين عليها: كيف نكلم مَن لا يزال في مهده طفلا رضيعًا؟

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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