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Ali 'Imran 3:40
قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرٌ ۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ
He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" He [the angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He does what He wills."
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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