Surah Maryam · Ayah 23·Makkī

23

إِلَىٰ يَٰلَيْتَنِى هَٰذَا ﴿٢٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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."

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

چرا مریم از خدا تقاضای مرگ کرد؟

تقاضای مرگ از خدا کار درستی نیست؛ ولی گاه در زندگی انسان حوادث سختی روی می‌دهد که طعم مرگ در ذائْقَةٌ او شیرین‌تر از زندگی می‌شود. مریم نیز در آن لحظات در فکرش این تصور بود که تمام آبرو و حیئیتش در برابر مردم بی‌خرد با تولد این فرزند به خطر خواهد افتاد. پس ارزو کرد که کاش می‌مرد و به کلی فراموش می‌شد. این خود دلیل بر آن است که او عفت و پاکدامنی را حتی از جانش بیشتر دوست می‌داشت و برای آبروی خود ارزشی بیش از حیات خود قائّل بود. این افکار اما در ذهن و وجود مریم دیری نپایید و با دیدن دو معجزة الهی» از وجودش زدوده شد.

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 · 9 roots in 10 of 13 words

Rarest here: م-خ-ض used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 17 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ikhfāʾ4

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

13 words · 56 letters · āyah 23 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.

  • 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!"

  • وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا

    And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh…

  • يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا

    Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.

  • مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ

    My wealth has not availed me.

  • إِذْ تَمْشِىٓ أُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن يَكْفُلُهُۥ فَرَجَعْنَٰكَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنَٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّٰكَ فُتُونًا فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٍ يَٰمُوسَىٰ

    [And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content…

  • وَلَقَدْ كُنتُمْ تَمَنَّوْنَ ٱلْمَوْتَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَلْقَوْهُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

    And you had certainly wished for martyrdom before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.

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.

  • Taa-Haa 20:714 shared roots

    قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِى جُذُوعِ ٱلنَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَآ أَشَدُّ عَذَابًا وَأَبْقَىٰ

    ج-ذ-عن-خ-لق-ب-لق-و-ل

  • Maryam 19:252 shared roots

    وَهُزِّىٓ إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ تُسَٰقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا

    ج-ذ-عن-خ-ل

  • Maryam 19:252 shared roots

    وَهُزِّىٓ إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ تُسَٰقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا

    ج-ذ-عن-خ-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:1262 shared roots

    قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ أَتَتْكَ ءَايَٰتُنَا فَنَسِيتَهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ تُنسَىٰ

    ن-س-يق-و-ل

  • Al-Hashr 59:192 shared roots

    وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَأَنسَىٰهُمْ أَنفُسَهُمْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ

    ن-س-يك-و-ن

  • Taa-Haa 20:522 shared roots

    قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى فِى كِتَٰبٍ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى وَلَا يَنسَى

    ن-س-يق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 19:23?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 19:23 include Quran 11:72 (Surah Hud), Quran 18:42 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 25:28 (Surah Al-Furqaan), and Quran 69:28 (Surah Al-Haaqqa). For example, 11:72 reads: “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!"” 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 19:23 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 19:23 (Surah Maryam, Mary) reads: “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."”

Which surah is verse 19:23 in?

Quran 19:23 is āyah 23 of Surah Maryam (Mary), chapter 19 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 98 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 19:23?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 19:23 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 19:23?

Tartīl presents Quran 19:23 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.