Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 40
Quran 3:40 · Family of Imran · Madani · Para 3 · Page 55
قَالَ رَبِّ اَنّٰی یَكُوْنُ لِیْ غُلٰمٌ وَّقَدْ بَلَغَنِیَ الْكِبَرُ وَامْرَاَتِیْ عَاقِرٌ ؕ قَالَ كَذٰلِكَ اللّٰهُ یَفْعَلُ مَا یَشَآءُ ۟
Transliteration
Qala rabbi anna yakoonu leeghulamun waqad balaghaniya alkibaru wamraatee AAaqirunqala kathalika Allahu yafAAalu mayasha/
Saheeh International
He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" He [the angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He does what He wills."
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
When the angels gave him the good news about John, Zachariah said, ‘O Lord, how can I have a child after I have become old and my wife is unable to bear children?’ Allah replied to him that the example of the creation of John, in spite of his old age and his wife being barren, is like that of the creation of anything that Allah wishes to create, even though it is out of the ordinary. This is because Allah has power over everything and does whatever He wills in His wisdom and knowledge.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
Explains 3:38–3:41 together — read it on 3:38