← Surah 3

3:42

وَإِذْ قَالَتِ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَآءِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Word by word

وَإِذْ
And when
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
إِذْNoun — time adverb
قَالَتِ
said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَتِVerb — perfect، 3rd fem. sing.
ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ
the Angels
Noun
Root: ملك
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
مَلَٰٓئِكَةُNoun — masc. plur.، nominative
يَٰمَرْيَمُ
O Maryam
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
يَٰPreposition — vocative، prefix
مَرْيَمُNoun — proper noun، feminine، nominative
إِنَّ
Indeed
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِنَّPreposition — accusative
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهَNoun — proper noun، accusative
ٱصْطَفَىٰكِ
(has) chosen you
Verb
Root: صفو
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱصْطَفَىٰVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
كِNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd fem. sing.
وَطَهَّرَكِ
and purified you
Verb
Root: طهر
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
طَهَّرَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
كِNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd fem. sing.
وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِ
and chosen you
Verb
Root: صفو
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
ٱصْطَفَىٰVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
كِNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd fem. sing.
عَلَىٰ
over
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلَىٰPreposition — preposition
نِسَآءِ
(the) women
Noun
Root: نسو
Grammar (i'rab)
نِسَآءِNoun — fem. plur.، genitive
ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
(of) the worlds
Noun
Root: علم
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
عَٰلَمِينَNoun — masc. plur.، genitive

Translation

EN

Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! Allah hath chosen thee and purified thee- chosen thee above the women of all nations.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

The angels said to Mary: ‘Mary, God has chosen you and made you pure: He has truly chosen you above all women.

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

And when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah hath chosen thee and made thee pure, and hath preferred thee above (all) the women of creation.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allāh has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Melekler şöyle demişti: "Ey Meryem! Allah seni seçip temizledi. Dünyaların kadınlarından seni üstün tuttu."

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Hani melekler: "Ey Meryem! Allah seni seçti, seni tertemiz yarattı ve seni dünya kadınlarına üstün kıldı.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Hani melekler şöyle demişlerdi: “Ey Meryem! Şüphesiz ki Allah seni seçti; seni tertemiz yaptı (yarattı) ve seni âlemlerin kadınlarının üzerine seçti.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

واذكر -أيها الرسول- حين قالت الملائكة: يا مريم إن الله اختاركِ لطاعته وطهَّركِ من الأخلاق الرذيلة، واختاركِ على نساء العالمين في زمانك.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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