Surah Maryam · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

أَنَّىٰ لِى وَلَمْ وَلَمْ ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

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 · 6 roots in 7 of 11 words

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ghunnah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

11 words · 37 letters · āyah 20 of 98

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.

  • Quran 3:47 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    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…

  • Quran 19:8 · Maryamclose

    قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا

    He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"

  • Quran 11:72 · Hudclose

    قَالَتْ يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٌ وَهَٰذَا بَعْلِى شَيْخًا إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

    She said, "Woe to me! Shall I give birth while I am an old woman and this, my husband, is an old man? Indeed, this is an amazing thing!"

  • Quran 21:91 · Al-Anbiyaarelated

    وَٱلَّتِىٓ أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلْنَٰهَا وَٱبْنَهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity, so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.

  • Quran 19:29 · Maryamrelated

    فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ قَالُوا۟ كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا

    So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"

  • Quran 27:32 · An-Namlrelated

    قَالَتْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَفْتُونِى فِىٓ أَمْرِى مَا كُنتُ قَاطِعَةً أَمْرًا حَتَّىٰ تَشْهَدُونِ

    She said, "O eminent ones, advise me in my affair. I would not decide a matter until you witness [for] me."

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1012 shared roots

    فَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ

    غ-ل-مب-ش-ر

  • Maryam 19:72 shared roots

    يَٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا

    غ-ل-مب-ش-ر

  • Maryam 19:72 shared roots

    يَٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا

    غ-ل-مب-ش-ر

  • Al-Hijr 15:543 shared roots

    قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ

    م-س-سب-ش-رق-و-ل

  • Al-Hijr 15:533 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ

    غ-ل-مب-ش-رق-و-ل

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:283 shared roots

    فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ

    غ-ل-مب-ش-رق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 19:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 19:20 include Quran 3:47 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 19:8 (Surah Maryam), Quran 11:72 (Surah Hud), and Quran 21:91 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa). For example, 3:47 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…” 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 19:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 19:20 (Surah Maryam, Mary) reads: “She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"”

Which surah is verse 19:20 in?

Quran 19:20 is āyah 20 of Surah Maryam (Mary), chapter 19 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 98 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 19:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 19:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.