Quran 19 : 23

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."
فَأَجَآءَهَا
Faajaaʾahā
ٱلْمَخَاضُ
Almakhāḍu
إِلَىٰ
Iilaāā
جِذْعِ
Jidhʿi
ٱلنَّخْلَةِ
Annakhlahi
قَالَتْ
Qālat
يَٰلَيْتَنِى
Yaālaytaniā
مِتُّ
Mittu
قَبْلَ
Qabla
هَٰذَا
Haādhā
وَكُنتُ
Wakuntu
نَسْيًا
Nasyana
مَّنسِيًّا
Mmansiyyana

[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!

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!"

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

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."

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.'

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!

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.'

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!”

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!"

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!"

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

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

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!"

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.”

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."

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."

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!‘

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.

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!”

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.”

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!"

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!"

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

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 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 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 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 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."

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!"

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."

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

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."

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!”

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!"

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!"

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!"

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!

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!"

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

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.”

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."

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!

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."

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. 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. 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.

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

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.

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.”

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.”

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!

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.

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.’

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!´

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'.

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 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."

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

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!”

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!’