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Surah Maryam, Verse 29

سورة مريم، الآية ٢٩

19:29 Juz 16 Hizb 31 Page 307 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 19:29

فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ قَالُوا۟ كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا ۝٢٩

Transliteration

fa-ashārat ilayhi qālū kayfa nukallimu man kāna fī l-mahdi ṣabiyyan

Translation

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

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Verse 29 of Surah Maryam (19:29), 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 29

Al-Mukhtasar

She pointed towards her son Jesus (peace be upon him) who was in the cradle. So the people said in surprise: “How can we talk to a child who is in the cradle?”

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Other translations of verse 29

Thereupon she pointed to him. They said, “How can we talk to someone who is still a baby in the cradle?”

Then she pointed to him. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?3"

Notes

[3] (V.19:29) See the footnote of (V.3:46).

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

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

But she pointed to him. They said: How should we speak to one who was a child in the cradle?

So she pointed to him. They said, "How shall we speak to one who is (still) in the cradle, a young boy?"

Verse 29 word by word

  1. فَأَشَارَتْ fa-ashārat Then she pointed ش و ر
  2. إِلَيْهِ ilayhi to him
  3. قَالُوا۟ qālū They said ق و ل
  4. كَيْفَ kayfa How ك ي ف
  5. نُكَلِّمُ nukallimu (can) we speak ك ل م
  6. مَن man (to one) who
  7. كَانَ kāna is ك و ن
  8. فِى fī in
  9. ٱلْمَهْدِ l-mahdi the cradle م ه د
  10. صَبِيًّا ṣabiyyan a child ص ب و

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 3466

That he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "While a lady was nursing her child, a rider passed by and she said, 'O Allah! Don't let my child die till he becomes like this (rider).' The child said, 'O Allah! Don't make me like him,' and then returned to her breast (sucking it). (After a while) they…

بَيْنَمَا امْرَأَةٌ تُرْضِعُ ابْنَهَا إِذْ مَرَّ بِهَا رَاكِبٌ وَهْىَ تُرْضِعُهُ، فَقَالَتِ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُمِتِ ابْنِي حَتَّى يَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَذَا‏.‏ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهُ‏.‏ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فِي…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Sahih Muslim 2550b

None spoke in the cradle, except three

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: “None spoke in the cradle, except three: ‘Īsa, the son of Maryam and the companion of Jurayj. Jurayj was a worshiper. He had a hermitage and while he was there, his mother came…

لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ فِي الْمَهْدِ إِلاَّ ثَلاَثَةٌ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَصَاحِبُ جُرَيْجٍ وَكَانَ جُرَيْجٌ رَجُلاً عَابِدًا فَاتَّخَذَ صَوْمَعَةً فَكَانَ فِيهَا فَأَتَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَتْ يَا جُرَيْجُ…

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