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Today’s verse

Surah Maryam · Ayah 23

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

“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!”

— Pickthall

“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!"”

— Yusuf Ali

“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."”

— Sahih International

“প্রসব বেদনা তাঁকে এক খেজুর বৃক্ষ-মূলে আশ্রয় নিতে বাধ্য করল। তিনি বললেনঃ হায়, আমি যদি কোনরূপে এর পূর্বে মরে যেতাম এবং মানুষের স্মৃতি থেকে বিলুপ্ত হয়ে, যেতাম!”

— Muhiuddin Khan

“پھر درد زہ ان کو کھجور کے تنے کی طرف لے آیا۔ کہنے لگیں کہ کاش میں اس سے پہلے مرچکتی اور بھولی بسری ہوگئی ہوتی”

— مولانا فتح محمد جالندھری
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Reciter: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary

Surah Maryam 23 — Iqrayah · Iqrayah