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Surah Maryam (Mary) 19 : 23

فَأَجَآءَهَا ٱلْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَٰلَيْتَنِى مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسْيًا مَّنسِيًّا

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
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."

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(19:23:1)
fa-ajāahā
Then drove her
(19:23:2)
l-makhāḍu
the pains of childbirth
(19:23:3)
ilā
to
(19:23:4)
jidh'ʿi
(the) trunk
(19:23:5)
l-nakhlati
(of) the date-palm
(19:23:6)
qālat
She said
(19:23:7)
(19:23:8)
mittu
I (had) died
(19:23:9)
qabla
before
(19:23:10)
(19:23:11)
wakuntu
and I was
(19:23:12)
nasyan
(in) oblivion
(19:23:13)
mansiyyan
fortten

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Explanatory Note

We see Mary in a remote place, away from her family and community. She is now in a far more terrible situation. Previously, she was up against all that her upbringing has instilled in her of moral values; but that was an internal struggle with herself. Now she is about to be faced with a public scandal. Besides, she was in great physical pain added to her psychological distress. In the midst of labour and childbirth she is driven to lean against the trunk of a palm tree. She is all alone, a true virgin and suffering the pains of childbirth, not knowing about how to cope with the situation and having none to give her even moral support. We almost see her face, feel her confusion, and sense her agony as she wishes herself into oblivion.

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It was revealed before the first migration to Abyssinia. We learn from an authentic hadith that Ja’afar (a companion of the Prophet) recited v. 1-40 of this Surah to the court of the Negus when the Muslims had been summoned.

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