Surah Aal-i-Imraan · Ayah 47·Madanī

47

أَنَّىٰ لِى وَلَمْ كَذَٰلِكِ مَا إِذَا فَإِنَّمَا لَهُۥ ﴿٤٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allah; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

هستی‌بخش موجودات

در ذیل جملةٌ «اذا قضی امرا فانما یقول له کن فیکون» گفته‌اند که منظور این است که خداوند برای به وجود آوردن چیزی» به واسطه‌ها و ابزار و وسایل نیاز ندارد. حتی نیازی به گفتن جملة «موجود باش» نیز ندارد. منظور از این جمله» بیان ارادةٌ قطعی خداوند است؛ بدین معنی که به محض این که خداوند چیزی را بخواهد و فرمان آفرینش آن را صادر کند, فوراً لباس هستی بر آن پوشانده می‌شود.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 11 roots in 15 of 23 words

Recitation · 27 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī13
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Ghunnah2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)4
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

23 words · 79 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 47 of 200

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرٌ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ

    He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" The angel said, "Such is Allah; He does what He wills."

  • فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَضَعْتُهَآ أُنثَىٰ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ ٱلذَّكَرُ كَٱلْأُنثَىٰ وَإِنِّى سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَإِنِّىٓ أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

    But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allah was most knowing of what she delivered, "And the male is not like the female. And I have…

  • وَإِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ءَأَنتَ قُلْتَ لِلنَّاسِ ٱتَّخِذُونِى وَأُمِّىَ إِلَٰهَيْنِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قَالَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ مَا يَكُونُ لِىٓ أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِحَقٍّ إِن كُنتُ قُلْتُهُۥ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُۥ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِى وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

    And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It…

  • قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا

    She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"

  • مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

  • وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱمْرَأَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ٱبْنِ لِى عِندَكَ بَيْتًا فِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِى مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِۦ وَنَجِّنِى مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    And Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds…

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 3:47?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 3:47 include Quran 3:40 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 3:36 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 5:116 (Surah Al-Maaida), and Quran 19:20 (Surah Maryam). For example, 3:40 reads: “He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" The angel said, "Such is Allah; He does what He wills."” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 3:47 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 3:47 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan, The Family of Imraan) reads: “She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allah; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.”

Which surah is verse 3:47 in?

Quran 3:47 is āyah 47 of Surah Aal-i-Imraan (The Family of Imraan), chapter 3 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 200 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 3:47?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 3:47 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 3:47?

Tartīl presents Quran 3:47 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.