Quran 19:23 Word by Word & Translations
19:23 Word by Word (2021)
19:23 Arabic
19:23 Transliteration
Then drove her the pains of childbirth to (the) trunk (of) the date-palm. She said, "O! I wish I (had) died before this and I was (in) oblivion, forgotten."
19:23 Arabic
فَأَجَآءَهَا ٱلْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَٰلَيْتَنِى مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسْيًا مَّنسِيًّا
19:23 Transliteration
Faajaaha almakhadu ila jithAAi alnnakhlati qalat ya laytanee mittu qabla hatha wakuntu nasyan mansiyyan
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Then the birth pains came to her, by the trunk of a palm tree. She said: "I wish I had died before this, and became totally forgotten!
Abdel Haleem
and, when the pains of childbirth drove her to [cling to] the trunk of a palm tree, she exclaimed, ‘I wish I had been dead and forgotten long before all this!’
Abdul Hye
The labor pains drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She cried (in her anguish): “Would that I had died before this, and I had been forgotten out of sight!”
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Then the birth-pangs drave her to the trunk of a palm- tree; she said: would that had died afore this and become forgotten, lost in oblivion
Ahmed Ali
The birth pangs led her to the trunk of a date-palm tree. "Would that I had died before this," she said, "and become a thing forgotten, unremembered."
Ahmed Hulusi
When the pain of childbirth drove her to grasp the branch of a palm tree, she exclaimed, “Oh, I wish I had died before this and was completely forgotten.”
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then the pains of the childbirth brought her to the trunk of a palm-tree. She said, Oh, would that I had died before this and had become a thing forgotten, lost'.
Aisha Bewley
The pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She said, ´Oh if only I had died before this time and was something discarded and forgotten!´
Ali Ünal
And the throes of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She said: "Would that I had died before this, and had become a thing forgotten, completely forgotten!"
Ali Quli Qara'i
The birth pangs brought her to the trunk of a date palm. She said, ‘I wish I had died before this and become a forgotten thing, beyond recall.’
Amatul Rahman Omar
(At the time of the delivery of the child) the throes of child birth drove her to the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, `Oh! would that I had become unconscious before this and had become a thing gone and forgotten.
Arthur John Arberry
And the birthpangs surprised her by the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, 'Would I had died ere this, and become a thing forgotten!
Bakhtiari Nejad
The pain of childbirth drove her to trunk of the date palm. She said: “I wish I was dead before this, and I was completely forgotten.”
Bijan Moeinian
She went under a date-palm tree to give birth. The pain of the moment made her to cry: “I wish I were dead, forgotten, and out of memories.”
Bilal Muhammad 2018
And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She cried, “O, I wish that I had died before this, I wish that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight.
Corpus.Quran
Then drove her the pains of childbirth to (the) trunk (of) the date-palm She said O! I wish I (had) died before this and I was (in) oblivion forgotten
Dr. Kamal Omar
And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of date-palm. She said: “Would that I had died before this, and had been out of sight (and) completely forgotten.
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And the birth pangs surprised her at the trunk of a date palm tree. She said: O would that I had died before this and I had been one who is forgotten, a forgotten thing!
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Then the birth pangs drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree. She said (in anxiety): ‘Would that I had died before this and had become totally forgotten!
Dr. Munir Munshey
The distress of labor brought her under a date-palm tree. She said to herself, "I wish I was dead, long gone and forgotten before this ever happened."
Edward Henry Palmer
And the labour pains came upon her at the trunk of a palm tree, and she said, 'O that I had died before this, and been forgotten out of mind!
Faridul Haque
Then the pangs of childbirth brought her to the base of the palm-tree; she said, "Oh, if only had I died before this and had become forgotten, unremembered."
Fode Drame
Then the throes of childbirth brought her to the trunk of the date tree. She said, “Woe me! Would that I had died before this and I were a thing completely forgotten.”
George Sale
and the pains of childbirth came upon her near the trunk of a palm-tree. She said, would to God I had died before this, and had become a thing forgotten, and lost in oblivion
Hamid S. Aziz
And the labour pains came upon her at the trunk of a palm tree, and she said, "O that I had died before this, and become a thing of naught, forgotten!"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
And when the birthpangs came upon her by the trunk of a palmtree, she said: 'Oh, would that I had died before this and become a thing forgotten!
Hilali - Khan
And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She said: "Would that I had died before this, and had been forgotten and out of sight!"
Irving/Hegab
Labor pains came over her by the trunk of a date palm. She said: "If only I had died before this, and been forgotten, overlooked!"
John Medows Rodwell
And the throes came upon her by the trunk of a palm. She said: "Oh, would that I had died ere this, and been a thing forgotten, forgotten quite!"
Linda "iLham" Barto
The discomfort of bearing a child drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She cried, “O, I would rather have died and been forgotten and out of sight!”
Maududi
Then the birth pangs drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree and she said: "Oh, would that I had died before this and had been all forgotten."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the throes of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died before this, and had been a thing quite forgotten
Mir Aneesuddin
And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "I wish I had died before this and had become forgotten (as something) to be forgotten."
Mohammad Shafi
And the throes of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, would that I had died before this, and had been a thing long forgotten!"
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
So the labour/childbirth came to her to (at) the palm tree's trunk/stem, she said: "Oh I wish I would have died before this and I was forgotten (and long) forgotten."
Muhammad Asad
And [when] the throes of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree, she exclaimed: "Oh, would that I had died ere this, and had become a thing forgotten, utterly forgotten!"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Then the birthpangs made her come to the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, "Oh, would I had died before this and become a thing forgotten, completely forgotten!"
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
And the pangs of childbirth drove her unto the trunk of the palm-tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died ere this and had become a thing of naught, forgotten
Muhammad Sarwar
When she started to experience (the pain of) of childbirth labor, by the trunk of a palm tree in sadness she said, "Would that I had died long before and passed into oblivion."
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Then the labour pains brought her to the trunk of a palm-tree. She said .O that I would have died before this, and would have been something gone, forgotten
Munir Mezyed
The throes of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She said: "Oh, I wish I had died before this and had become a thing forgotten, completely forgotten!"
MunirMezyed2023
The throes of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She said: ‘Oh, would that I had died before this and become something forgotten- completely falling into oblivion!"
Musharraf Hussain
When the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a date tree, she cried: “I wish I were dead and forgotten long before all this.”
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Then the pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She cried, “Alas! I wish I had died before this, and was a thing long forgotten!”
Mustaqim
Then going into labour drove her to a palm trunk. She said: woe to me, if only I died before this and would be completely forgotten.
N J Dawood 2014
And when she felt the throes of childbirth she lay down by the trunk of a palm-tree, crying: ‘Oh, would that I had died before this and passed into oblivion!‘
Rashad Khalifa
The birth process came to her by the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "(I am so ashamed;) I wish I were dead before this happened, and completely forgotten."
Safi Kaskas
Then the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had been dead and forgotten before all this."
Samy Mahdy
So, the labor-pains brought her to a palm-tree's trunk. She said, “O I wish I had died before this, and been a forgotten derelict.”
Shabbir Ahmed
And when labor pains drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree, she exclaimed, "Ah, I wish I had died before this, and had become a thing forgotten, utterly forgotten!"
Shakir
And the throes (of childbirth) compelled her to betake herself to the trunk of a palm tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died before this, and had been a thing quite forgotten
Sher Ali
And the pains of child-birth drove her unto the trunk of a palm-tree. She said, `O, would that I had died before this and had become a thing quite forgotten
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And the pains of childbirth took her to the trunk of a palm-tree: She cried (in her pain): "Oh! If I had died before this! If I was a thing forgotten and not (even) seen!"
T.B.Irving
Labor pains came over her by the trunk of a datepalm. She said: "If only I had died before this, and been forgotten, overlooked!"
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
The pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She cried, “I wish I had died before this, and was completely forgotten!”
Talal Itani (2012)
The labor-pains came upon her, by the trunk of a palm-tree. She said, 'I wish I had died before this, and been completely forgotten.'
The Study Quran
And the pangs of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a date palm. She said, “Would that I had died before this and was a thing forgotten, utterly forgotten!
The Wise Quran
And the labour pains came upon her at the trunk of a palm tree. She said, 'O would that I had died before this, and was forgotten out of mind.'
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."
Wahiduddin Khan
The pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She said, Oh, if only I had died before this and passed into oblivion
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree: She cried (in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had died before this! would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!"