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Surah 11. Hud, Ayah 72

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قَالَتْ يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٌ وَهَـٰذَا بَعْلِى شَيْخًا ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ
Q a lat y a waylat a aalidu waan a AAajoozun wah atha baAAlee shaykhan inna h atha lashayon AAajeeb un
Said she: "Oh, woe is me!104 Shall I bear a child, now that I am an old woman and this husband of mine is an old man? Verily, that would be a strange thing indeed!"
  - Mohammad Asad

This expression of grief obviously relates to her past barrenness as well as to her fear that this astonishing announcement might prove illusory.

She said: "O wonder! (An expression to indicate surprise) Shall I bear a child now when I have become an old woman and my husband has become well advanced in age? This is indeed a strange thing!"
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
She wondered, 'Oh, my! How can I have a child in this old age, and my husband here is an old man? This is truly an astonishing thing!'
  - Mustafa Khattab
She said: Oh, woe is me! Shall I bear a child when I am an old woman, and this my husband is an old man? Lo! this is a strange thing!
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
She said: "Alas for me! Shall I bear a child seeing I am an old woman and my husband here is an old man? That would indeed be a wonderful thing!" 1568
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

This is as much a sigh of past regrets as of future wistfulness!

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