قَالَ
كَذَٰلِكِ
قَالَ
رَبُّكِ
هُوَ
عَلَيَّ
هَيِّنٞۖ
وَلِنَجۡعَلَهُۥٓ
ءَايَةٗ
لِّلنَّاسِ
وَرَحۡمَةٗ
مِّنَّاۚ
وَكَانَ
أَمۡرٗا
مَّقۡضِيّٗا
٢١

He replied, “So will it be! Your Lord says, ‘It is easy for Me. And so will We make him a sign for humanity and a mercy from Us.’ It is a matter ˹already˺ decreed.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

19:22

۞ فَحَمَلَتۡهُ

فَٱنتَبَذَتۡ

بِهِۦ

مَكَانٗا

قَصِيّٗا

٢٢

So she conceived him and withdrew with him to a remote place.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

19:23

فَأَجَآءَهَا

ٱلۡمَخَاضُ

إِلَىٰ

جِذۡعِ

ٱلنَّخۡلَةِ

قَالَتۡ

يَٰلَيۡتَنِي

مِتُّ

قَبۡلَ

هَٰذَا

وَكُنتُ

نَسۡيٗا

مَّنسِيّٗا

٢٣

Then the pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She cried, “Alas! I wish I had died before this, and was a thing long forgotten!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

19:24

فَنَادَىٰهَا

مِن

تَحۡتِهَآ

أَلَّا

تَحۡزَنِي

قَدۡ

جَعَلَ

رَبُّكِ

تَحۡتَكِ

سَرِيّٗا

٢٤

So a voice¹ reassured her from below her, “Do not grieve! Your Lord has provided a stream at your feet.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

19:25

وَهُزِّيٓ

إِلَيۡكِ

بِجِذۡعِ

ٱلنَّخۡلَةِ

تُسَٰقِطۡ

عَلَيۡكِ

رُطَبٗا

جَنِيّٗا

٢٥

And shake the trunk of this palm tree towards you, it will drop fresh, ripe dates upon you.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

19:26

فَكُلِي

وَٱشۡرَبِي

وَقَرِّي

عَيۡنٗاۖ

فَإِمَّا

تَرَيِنَّ

مِنَ

ٱلۡبَشَرِ

أَحَدٗا

فَقُولِيٓ

إِنِّي

نَذَرۡتُ

لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ

صَوۡمٗا

فَلَنۡ

أُكَلِّمَ

ٱلۡيَوۡمَ

إِنسِيّٗا

٢٦

So eat and drink, and put your heart at ease. But if you see any of the people, say, ‘I have vowed silence¹ to the Most Compassionate, so I am not talking to anyone today.’”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

19:27