Hud
11. Hūd
هود
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قَالَتْ
يَاوَيْلَتَى
أَأَلِدُ
وَأَنَا
عَجُوزٌ
وَهَذَا
بَعْلِي
شَيْخًا
إِنَّ
هَذَا
لَشَيْءٌ
عَجِيبٌ
qālat yā-waylatā ʾa-ʾalidu wa-ʾana ʿajūzun wa-hādhā baʿlī shaykhan ʾinna hādhā la-shayʾun ʿajībun
She said: "Alas for me! shall I bear a child, seeing I am an old woman, and my husband here is an old man? That would indeed be a wonderful thing!"
— Abdullah Yusufali
She said, ‘Oh, my! Shall I, an old woman, bear [children], and [while] this husband of mine is an old man?! That is indeed an odd thing!’