The Family of Imran
3. Āl ʿImrān
آل عمران
Āl ‘Imrān (Imran's Folk)
آلِ عِمْرَان
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قَالَ
رَبِّ
أَنَّى
يَكُونُ
لِي
غُلَامٌ
وَقَدْ
بَلَغَنِيَ
الْكِبَرُ
وَامْرَأَتِي
عَاقِرٌ
قَالَ
كَذَلِكَ
اللَّهُ
يَفْعَلُ
مَا
يَشَاءُ
qāla rabbi ʾannā yakūnu lī ghulāmun wa-qad balaghaniya l-kibaru wa-mraʾatī ʿāqirun qāla ka-dhālika llāhu yafʿalu mā yashāʾu
He said, "How can there be a son for me when I am already senile and my wife is barren." The angel replied, "God does as He wills."