Quran 19 : 8

He said, "My Lord! How can I have a boy, while is my wife barren, and indeed, I have reached of the old age extreme?"
قَالَ
Qāla
رَبِّ
Rabbi
أَنَّىٰ
Aannaāā
يَكُونُ
Yakūnu
لِى
Liā
غُلَٰمٌ
Ghulaāmun
وَكَانَتِ
Wakānati
ٱمْرَأَتِى
Imraatiā
عَاقِرًا
ʿĀqirana
وَقَدْ
Waqad
بَلَغْتُ
Balaghtu
مِنَ
Mina
ٱلْكِبَرِ
Alkibari
عِتِيًّا
ʿItiyyana

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

He said: "My Lord, how can I have a son when my wife is infertile, and I have reached a very old age?

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren and I have grown quite decrepit from old age?"

Wahiduddin Khan

My Lord! [said Zachariah], How shall I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached such extreme old age

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"

The Wise Quran

He said, 'My Lord! How can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and indeed, I have reached infirm old age?'

The Study Quran

He said, “My Lord! How shall I have a boy, when my wife is barren, and I have grown decrepit with old age?

Talal Itani (2012)

He said, 'My Lord, how can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have become decrepit with old age?'

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

He asked, “My Lord, how can I have a son when my wife is barren, and I have reached an advanced age?”

T.B.Irving

He said: "My Lord, how will I have a boy while my wife is barren and I have reached such extreme old age?"

Syed Vickar Ahamed

He (Zakariyya) said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren and I have become quite weak from old age?"

Sher Ali

He said, `My Lord, how shall I have a son when my wife is barren, and I have reached the extreme limit of old age

Shakir

He said: O my Lord! when shall I have a son, and my wife is barren, and I myself have reached indeed the extreme degree of old age

Shabbir Ahmed

Zachariah exclaimed, "My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I am already infirm with old age?"

Samy Mahdy

He said, “My Lord, how will be for me a lad, while my woman was barren, and I already reached from an old age, an extremity?”

Safi Kaskas

[Zechariah] said, "My Lord, how will I have a son when my wife has been barren and I have reached advanced old age?"

Rashad Khalifa

He said, "My Lord, will I have a son despite my wife's sterility, and despite my old age?"

N J Dawood 2014

Lord,‘ said Zacharias, ‘how shall I have a son when my wife is barren, and I am well-advanced in years?‘

Mustaqim

He said: oh my Lord, how can I have a boy when my wife is barren and I have reached the end of my life.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

He wondered, “My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren, and I have become extremely old?”

Musharraf Hussain

He said, “Lord, will I have a son when my wife is barren and I’m old?

MunirMezyed2023

He said: ‘My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached an extreme old age?’

Munir Mezyed

He said: “My Lord, how could I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have reached extreme old age?"

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

He Said, .My Lord, how shall there be a boy for me while my wife is barren, and I have reached the extreme of old age?

Muhammad Sarwar

He said, "Lord, how can I have a son? My wife is barren and I have reached an extremely old age"

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached infirm old age

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

He said, "Lord! However can I have a youth and my wife is barren, and I have already reached the decrepitude of old age?"

Muhammad Asad

[Zachariah] exclaimed: "O my Sustainer! How can I have a son when my wife has always been barren and I have become utterly infirm through old age?"

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

He said: "My Lord that how (could there) be for me a boy and my woman (wife) was infertile and I had reached from the old age exceeding the limit?"

Mohammad Shafi

Zacharia said, "O my Lord! How can I have a son, and my wife is barren, and I have myself grown too old!?"

Mir Aneesuddin

He said, "My Fosterer! how shall I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached the extreme degree of old age?"

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He said: My Lord, how shall I have a son, and my wife is barren, and I have reached extreme old age

Maududi

He said: "My Lord! How can I have a boy when my wife is barren and I have reached an extremely old age?"

Linda "iLham" Barto

He said, “My Lord, how shall I have a son when my wife is barren, and I have grown quite feeble in my old age?”

John Medows Rodwell

He said: "O my Lord! how when my wife is barren shall I have a son, and when I have now reached old age, failing in my powers?"

Irving/Hegab

He said: "My Lord, how will I have a boy while my wife is barren and I have reached such extreme old age?"

Hilali - Khan

He said: "My Lord! How can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have reached the extreme old age."

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

'How shall I have a son, Lord, ' he asked, 'when my wife is barren, and I am advanced in years?

Hamid S. Aziz

Said he, "My Lord! How can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have become decrepit through old age?"

George Sale

Zacharias said, Lord, how shall I have a son, seeing my wife is barren, and I am now arrived at a great age, and am decrepit

Fode Drame

He said, “O My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife has indeed been barren and I have indeed reached a decrepit old age?”

Faridul Haque

He submitted, "My Lord - how can I have a son whereas my wife is barren and I have reached infirmity due to old age?"

Edward Henry Palmer

Said he, 'My Lord! how can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have reached through old age to decrepitude?

Dr. Munir Munshey

Said, "Lord! How could I have a son now? My wife is barren and I have attained a ripe old age."

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

(Zakariyya [Zacharias]) submitted: ‘My Lord, how can there be a son to me whilst my wife is barren, and I have shrivelled (into extreme debility) on account of old age?

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

He said: My Lord! How will I have a boy while my woman had been a barren woman and, surely, I reached an advanced old age?

Dr. Kamal Omar

He said: “My Nourisher-Sustainer! How can there be to me a son while my wife has become barren (due to age), and indeed I have reached in old age to the extreme?”

Corpus.Quran

He said My Lord How can I have a boy while is my wife barren and indeed I have reached of the old age extreme

Bilal Muhammad 2018

He said, “O my Lord, how will I have a son, when my wife is barren and I have grown quite decrepit from old age?

Bijan Moeinian

(Zechariah replied): “My Lord, how is it possible that an old man like me and a barren woman like my wife have a son?”

Bakhtiari Nejad

He said: “My Lord, how can I have a son while my wife is infertile, and I have reached extreme old age?”

Arthur John Arberry

He said, 'O my Lord, how shall I have a son, seeing my wife is barren, and I have attained to the declining of old age?

Amatul Rahman Omar

He (- Zachariah) said, `My Lord! how shall I beget a son when my wife is barren and I have (already) reached the extreme (limit of) old age?

Ali Ünal

He said: "My Lord! How shall I have a son when my wife is barren and I have already reached infirmity in old age?"

Ali Quli Qara'i

He said, ‘My Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I am already advanced in age?’

Aisha Bewley

He said, ´My Lord! How can I have a boy when my wife is barren and I have reached advanced old age?´

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Submitted he, 'O my Lord, from where I shall have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached the condition of being emaciated due to old-age'

Ahmed Hulusi

(Zechariah) said, “My Rabb, how can I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached the extreme in old age?”

Ahmed Ali

"How can I have a son, O Lord" he said, "when my wife is barren and I am old and decrepit?"

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

He said: O my Lord! in what wise shall there be for me a boy, whereas my wife hath been barren, and surely have reached an age of extreme degree

Abdul Hye

He asked: “My Lord! How shall I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached the extreme old age?”

Abdel Haleem

He said, ‘Lord, how can I have a son when my wife is barren, and I am old and frail?’