The Holy Quran 51:29 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat

Arabic text

فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ

Translation

His wife (Sarah) arrived (came forward) calling loudly (in amazement upon hearing the news), smote her face (striking her forehead in surprise) and said, "(How can) An old barren woman (like me bear a child)?"

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The astonishment of Sarah: Sarah ﵂, the wife of Ibrahim ﵇, was standing aside in a corner, listening. On hearing the glad tidings of a son, she turned to the other side with a cry and, striking her forehead in astonishment, said: “(How strange!) An old barren woman who had no children even in her youth, is she now to bear a child in her old age?”

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