The Winnowing Winds
51. Aḏ-Ḏāriyāt
الذاريات
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51:29
فَأَقْبَلَتِ
امْرَأَتُهُ
فِي
صَرَّةٍ
فَصَكَّتْ
وَجْهَهَا
وَقَالَتْ
عَجُوزٌ
عَقِيمٌ
fa-ʾaqbalati mraʾatuhū fī ṣarratin fa-ṣakkat wajhahā wa-qālat ʿajūzun ʿaqīmun
Then his wife came forward crying [with joy]. She beat her face, and said, ‘A barren old woman!’
— Ali Quli Qarai
But his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote her forehead and said: "A barren old woman!"
