Surah Adh-Dhariyat — Verse 29

The Winnowing Winds · 51:29 · 29/60

فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ

Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkatwajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeem

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

His wife then entered with a loud cry, struck her face, and said, ‘A barren old woman?’

Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!

But his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote her forehead and said: "A barren old woman!"

So his wife came forward with a clamor, and slapped her own face and said, “(How can I have a child when I am) a barren old woman?”

Then his wife came forward with a loud voice: she smote her face, and said: "A barren old woman!"

So hearing his wife went forth shouting. She struck her face and exclaimed: “A barren old woman am I.”

Thereupon his wife approached [the guests] with a loud cry, and struck her face [in astonishment] and exclaimed: “A barren old woman [like me]!”

His wife cried out loud, and struck her face [in astonishment] and said, “[I am] a barren old woman!”

(29) And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

29. Then his wife came forward with a loud voice: she smote her face, and said: "A barren old woman!"[3]

Notes

[3] (V.51:29) "How can I bear a child." At that time she (Sarah) was approximately 99 years old. (Tafsîr Al-Qurtubi ).