Quran 19 : 20

She said, "How can be for me a son, when not has touched me a man, and not I am unchaste?"
قَالَتْ
Qālat
أَنَّىٰ
Aannaāā
يَكُونُ
Yakūnu
لِى
Liā
غُلَٰمٌ
Ghulaāmun
وَلَمْ
Walam
يَمْسَسْنِى
Yamsasniā
بَشَرٌ
Basharun
وَلَمْ
Walam
أَكُ
Aaku
بَغِيًّا
Baghiyyana

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

She said: "How can I have a son when no human being has been with me, nor have I desired such?

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

She said: "How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?"

Wahiduddin Khan

She said, How can I have a son when no man has touched me; and neither have I been unchaste

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"

The Wise Quran

She said, 'How can I have a boy when no mortal has touched me, and when I am no harlot?'

The Study Quran

She said, “How shall I have a boy when no man has touched me, nor have I been unchaste?

Talal Itani (2012)

She said, 'How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, and I was never unchaste?'

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

She questioned, “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, and I have not been immoral?”

T.B.Irving

She said: "How shall I have a boy when no human being has ever touched me, nor am I a loose woman?"

Syed Vickar Ahamed

She said: "How shall I have a son, when no man has touched me, and I am not immodest (or indecent)?"

Sher Ali

She said, `How can I have a son when no man has touched me, neither have I been unchaste?

Shakir

She said: When shall I have a boy and no mortal has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste

Shabbir Ahmed

She said, "How can I have a son when no man has ever touched me? For, never have I been a loose woman!" (3:46), (19:28)

Samy Mahdy

She said, “How will I have, a lad while no humankind has touched me, and I was not a trollop?”

Safi Kaskas

She said, "How can I have a son when no man has touched me and I have not been a promiscuous woman?"

Rashad Khalifa

She said, "How can I have a son, when no man has touched me; I have never been unchaste."

N J Dawood 2014

How shall I bear a child,‘ she answered, ‘when I have neither been touched by any man nor ever been unchaste?‘

Mustaqim

She said: How can I have a boy when no man has touched me and I have not been immoral.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

She wondered, “How can I have a son when no man has ever touched me, nor am I unchaste?”

Musharraf Hussain

She replied, “How can I have a son when no man has touched me and I am not loose woman?”

MunirMezyed2023

She said: ‘How can I bear a child when no man has ever touched me, neither have I been unchaste?’

Munir Mezyed

She said: "How can I have a son when no man has touched me, neither have I been lecherous?”

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

She said, .How shall I have a boy while no human has ever touched me, nor have I ever been unchaste?

Muhammad Sarwar

She said, "How can I have a son when no mortal has touched me nor am I an unchaste woman"

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

She said, "However can I have a youth, and no mortal has touched me, neither have I been a prostitute?"

Muhammad Asad

Said she: "How can I have a son when no man has ever touched me? - for, never have I been a loose woman!"

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

She said: "How/from where (there) be for me a boy and (a) human has not touched me, and I was not afornicatress/adulteress/prostitute

Mohammad Shafi

She said, "How can I have a boy when no man has ever touched me? And I have never been unchaste."

Mir Aneesuddin

She said, "How can there be a son to me when man has not touched me and I am not one who has exceeded the limits."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

She said: How can I have a son and no mortal has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste

Maududi

Mary said: "How can a boy be born to me when no man has even touched me, nor have I ever been unchaste?"

Linda "iLham" Barto

She asked, “How shall I have a son when no man has touched me. I am not unchaste!”

John Medows Rodwell

She said: "How shall I have a son, when man hath never touched me? and I am not unchaste."

Irving/Hegab

She said: "How shall I have a boy when no human being has ever touched me, nor am I a loose woman?"

Hilali - Khan

She said: "How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, nor am I unchaste?"

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

'How shall I bear a son, ' she answered, 'when I am not touched by a human and not unchaste?

Hamid S. Aziz

Said she, "How can I have a boy when no mortal has touched me, and when I am no harlot?"

George Sale

She said, how shall I have a son, seeing a man hath not touched me, and I am no harlot

Fode Drame

She said, “How can I have a son when no human has ever touched me and I have never been unchaste.”

Faridul Haque

She said, "How can I bear a son? No man has ever touched me, nor am I of poor conduct!"

Edward Henry Palmer

Said she, 'How can I have a boy when no man has touched me, and when I am no harlot?

Dr. Munir Munshey

Said, "How might I have a son? No man has ever touched me, nor am I a woman of loose morals."

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

(Maryam [Mary]) said: ‘How can there be a son to me, whereas no man has even touched me, nor am I unchaste?

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

She said: How will I have a boy when no mortal touches me, nor am I an unchaste woman?

Dr. Kamal Omar

She said: “How can there be to me a son, when no man has touched me and I have not gone unchaste?”

Corpus.Quran

She said How can be for me a son when not has touched me a man and not I am unchaste

Bilal Muhammad 2018

She said, “How will I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?

Bijan Moeinian

She said: “How can a chaste woman who has never been touched by a man conceive a child

Bakhtiari Nejad

She said: “How can I have a son while no man has ever touched me? I have not been unchaste.”

Arthur John Arberry

She said, 'How shall I have a son whom no mortal has touched, neither have I been unchaste?

Amatul Rahman Omar

She said, `How can I bear a son while no man (has married me and) has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste.

Ali Ünal

She said: "How shall I have a son, seeing no mortal has ever touched me, and I have never been unchaste?"

Ali Quli Qara'i

She said, ‘How shall I have a child seeing that no human being has ever touched me, nor have I been unchaste?’

Aisha Bewley

She said, ´How can I have a boy when no man has touched me and I am not an unchaste woman?´

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

She said, 'from where shall I have a son, no man has touched me, nor I am an unchaste?

Ahmed Hulusi

(Mary) said, “How can I have a son when no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?”

Ahmed Ali

"How can I have a son," she said, "when no man has touched me, nor am I sinful?"

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

She said: in what wise shall there be a boy unto me, whereas not a human being hath touched me, nor have I been a harlot

Abdul Hye

She said: “How can I have a son when no man has touched me, nor am I unchaste?”

Abdel Haleem

She said, ‘How can I have a son when no man has touched me? I have not been unchaste,’