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Surah Maryam, Verse 28

سورة مريم، الآية ٢٨

19:28 Juz 16 Hizb 31 Page 307 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 19:28

يَٰٓأُخْتَ هَٰرُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ ٱمْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا ۝٢٨

Transliteration

yāukh'ta hārūna mā kāna abūki im'ra-a sawin wamā kānat ummuki baghiyyan

Translation

O sister [i.e., descendant] of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."

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Verse 28 of Surah Maryam (19:28), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 307 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 28

Al-Mukhtasar

O one who resembles Aaron (a righteous man) in worship, your father was not an adulterer nor was your mother. You are from a pure household known to be righteous, so how can you bring a child without a father?”

Tafsir of the whole Surah Maryam

Other translations of verse 28

O sister of Aaron,8 your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste.”

Notes

[8] Aaron was a pious man at the time of Mary, or she was from the descendants of Aaron, Moses’ brother.

"O sister (i.e. the like) of Hârûn (Aaron)2! Your father was not a man who used to commit adultery, nor your mother was an unchaste woman."

Notes

[2] (V.19:28) This Hârûn (Aaron) is not the brother of Mûsâ (Moses), but he was another pious man at the time of Maryam (Mary).

O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot.

"O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"

O sister of Haroun! your father was not a bad man, nor, was your mother an unchaste woman.

O sister of Harun, (Aaron) in no way was your father a woeful person, and in no way was your mother a prostitute."

Verse 28 word by word

  1. يَٰٓأُخْتَ yāukh'ta O sister أ خ و
  2. هَٰرُونَ hārūna (of) Harun
  3. مَا mā Not
  4. كَانَ kāna was ك و ن
  5. أَبُوكِ abūki your father أ ب و
  6. ٱمْرَأَ im'ra-a an evil man م ر أ
  7. سَوْءٍ sawin an evil man س و أ
  8. وَمَا wamā and not
  9. كَانَتْ kānat was ك و ن
  10. أُمُّكِ ummuki your mother أ م م
  11. بَغِيًّا baghiyyan unchaste ب غ ي

Hadiths that cite this verse

Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3155

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me to Najran. They said to me: 'Do you people not recite: O sister of Harun (19:28) - while between Musa and 'Eisa there is such (gap) as there is?' I did not know how to respond to them. So when I returned to the Prophet (ﷺ), I told him about that, and he said…

"‏ أَلاَّ أَخْبَرْتَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَمُّونَ بِأَنْبِيَائِهِمْ وَالصَّالِحِينَ قَبْلَهُمْ ‏"

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Verses related to verse 28

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Qasas 28:11

    وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    And she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:246

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لِنَبِىٍّ لَّهُمُ ٱبْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكًا نُّقَٰتِلْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ قَالَ هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ أَلَّا تُقَٰتِلُوا۟ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا لَنَآ أَلَّا نُقَٰتِلَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَقَدْ أُخْرِجْنَا مِن دِيَٰرِنَا وَأَبْنَآئِنَا فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوْا۟ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنْهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    Have you not considered the assembly of the Children of Israel after [the time of] Moses when they said to a prophet of theirs, "Send to us a king, and we will fight in the way of Allāh"? He said, "Would you perhaps refrain from fighting if battle was prescribed for you?" They said, "And why should we not fight in the cause of Allāh when we have been driven out from our homes and from our children?" But when battle was prescribed for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:251

    فَهَزَمُوهُم بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَقَتَلَ دَاوُۥدُ جَالُوتَ وَءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُلْكَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَعَلَّمَهُۥ مِمَّا يَشَآءُ وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلنَّاسَ بَعْضَهُم بِبَعْضٍ لَّفَسَدَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    So they defeated them by permission of Allāh, and David killed Goliath, and Allāh gave him the kingship and wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and taught him from that which He willed. And if it were not for Allāh checking [some] people by means of others, the earth would have been corrupted, but Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the worlds.

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