Quran 19 : 29

Then she pointed to him. They said, "How (can) we speak (to one) who is in the cradle, a child?"
فَأَشَارَتْ
Faashārat
إِلَيْهِ
Iilayhi
قَالُوا۟
Qālūa
كَيْفَ
Kayfa
نُكَلِّمُ
Nukallimu
مَن
Man
كَانَ
Kāna
فِى
Fiā
ٱلْمَهْدِ
Almahdi
صَبِيًّا
Ṣabiyyana

Safi Kaskas

She pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to a child in the cradle?"

Musharraf Hussain

She pointed to him. They replied, “How can we speak to an infant in a cradle?”

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

So she pointed to him. They asked, “How can we speak to a baby in the cradle?”

Abdel Haleem

She pointed at him. They said, ‘How can we converse with an infant?’

Aisha Bewley

She pointed towards him. They said, ´How can a baby in the cradle speak?´

Rashad Khalifa

She pointed to him. They said, "How can we talk with an infant in the crib?"

Talal Itani (2012)

So she pointed to him. They said, 'How can we speak to an infant in the crib?'

Bakhtiari Nejad

Then she pointed to him. They said: “How can we talk to any child who is in the cradle?”

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

So she pointed to him. They said: "How can we talk to someone who is a child in a cradle?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But she pointed to him. They said: How should we speak to one who is a child in the cradle

Mustaqim

Then she pointed to him. They said: how can we talk to someone who is a child in a cradle?

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then she Pointed to him. They said: how shall we speak to one who is in the cradle, a child

Corpus.Quran

Then she pointed to him They said How (can) we speak (to one) who is in the cradle a child

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Then, she pointed to him. They said: How speak we to one who had been in the cradle, a lad?

Irving/Hegab

She pointed to him. They said: "How shall we talk to someone who is a child in the cradle?"

Shakir

But she pointed to him. They said: How should we speak to one who was a child in the cradle

Mohammad Shafi

But she pointed to him. They said, "How could we speak to a mere child in cradle?"

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

Then she pointed to him. They said: How can we talk to one who is in the cradle, a young boy

Sher Ali

Thereupon she pointed to him. They said, `How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?

Wahiduddin Khan

She pointed to the child. They said, How shall we talk to someone who is a child in the cradle

Bilal Muhammad 2018

But she pointed to the baby and they said, “How can we talk to one who is a baby in the cradle?

MunirMezyed2023

Then she pointed (her finger) at him. They said: ‘How can we speak with a baby in the cradle?’

The Study Quran

Then she pointed to him. They said, “How shall we speak to one who is yet a child in the cradle?

Abdul Hye

Then she pointed to him (baby). They said: “How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?”

Edward Henry Palmer

And she pointed to him, and they said, 'How are we to speak with one who is in the cradle a child?

Samy Mahdy

So, she pointed to him. They said, “How can we talk to whoever was in the cradle, a boy (infant)?”

The Wise Quran

And she pointed to him, and they said, 'How are we to speak with one who is in the cradle a child?'

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"

Hilali - Khan

Then she pointed to him. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"

T.B.Irving

She pointed to him. They said: "How shall we talk to someone who is a child in the cradle?"

Fode Drame

Thereupon she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to one who is as yet a baby in the cradle?”

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

So she pointed to him (Prophet Jesus). But they replied: 'How can we speak with a baby in the cradle?

Dr. Kamal Omar

Then she pointed to him. People said: “How we would talk to that who is a baby in the lap?”

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Then Maryam pointed towards the child. They said, how could we talk to him who is a baby in the cradle'.

Bijan Moeinian

She pointed at the baby (meaning: Ask him.) They said: “How can we talk to a new born baby?”

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"

Dr. Munir Munshey

She pointed towards the infant. They said, "How can we converse with an infant lying in a crib?"

Mustafa Khattab 2018

So she pointed to the baby. They exclaimed, “How can we talk to someone who is an infant in the cradle?”

Ali Quli Qara'i

Thereat she pointed to him. They said, ‘How can we speak to one who is yet a baby in the cradle?’

Hamid S. Aziz

Then she pointed to him, and they said, "How are we to speak with one who is a baby in the cradle?"

Linda "iLham" Barto

She pointed to (the baby) [as if to say, “Ask him”]. They said, “How can we talk with an infant from the cradle?”

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So she pointed to him. They said, "How shall we speak to one who is (still) in the cradle, a young boy?"

Faridul Haque

Thereupon she pointed towards the child; they said, "How can we speak to an infant who is in the cradle?"

Arthur John Arberry

Mary pointed to the child then; but they said, 'How shall we speak to one who is still in the cradle, a little child?

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

On this Maryam (Mary) pointed to (the baby). They said: ‘How can we talk to him who is (yet) an infant in the cradle?

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

So, she pointed towards him (the baby). They said, .How shall we speak to someone who is still a child in the cradle?

Munir Mezyed

Then she pointed (her finger) at him. They said: "How can we talk to one who is still in the cradle, a little child?”

Mir Aneesuddin

So she pointed towards him (Isa, for the explanation). They said, "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?”

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then, she pointed to the baby (Jesus). They said: "How can we talk to one who is (only) a child in the cradle?"

George Sale

But she made signs unto the child to answer them; and they said, how shall we speak to him, who is an infant in the cradle

N J Dawood 2014

She made a sign to them, pointing to the child. But they replied: ‘How can we speak with a babe in the cradle?‘

Ahmed Ali

But she pointed towards him. "How can we talk to one," they said, "who is only an infant in the cradle?"

Maududi

Thereupon Mary pointed to the child. They exclaimed: "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle, a mere child?"

Muhammad Asad

Thereupon she pointed to him. They exclaimed: "How can we talk to one who [as yet] is a little boy in the cradle?"

Muhammad Sarwar

She pointed to the baby (and referred them to him for their answer). They said, "How can we talk to a baby in the cradle?"

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

So she pointed/indicated to him, they said: "How (do) we converse/speak (to) whom was in the crib/cradle a boy/child/infant?"

John Medows Rodwell

And she made a sign to them, pointing towards the babe. They said, "How shall we speak with him who is in the cradle, an infant?"

Ahmed Hulusi

As Mary had vowed fast she only pointed to the child (suggesting they should ask him)... They said, “How can we talk to a baby in a cradle!”

Ali Ünal

Mary pointed to him (the infant, signifying that they should ask him). They cried: "How can we talk to one in the cradle, an infant boy?"

Amatul Rahman Omar

Thereupon she pointed to him (- her son Jesus meaning thereby that he will answer them). They said, `How should we speak to one who was (till recently) a child in the cradle?

Shabbir Ahmed

Then she pointed to him. They said, "How can we talk to one who is in the cradle, a young boy?" (In the cradle, idiomatically means a young person. Mary and Joseph had stayed in Bethlehem for several years)