Surah Maryam · Ayah 29·Makkī

29

إِلَيْهِ مَن فِى ﴿٢٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 10 words

Rarest here: ص-ب-و — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 38 letters · āyah 29 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 28:12 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَحَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَرَاضِعَ مِن قَبْلُ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يَكْفُلُونَهُۥ لَكُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ نَٰصِحُونَ

    And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his…

  • Quran 19:20 · Maryamrelated

    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?"

  • Quran 11:72 · Hudrelated

    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 15:71 · Al-Hijrrelated

    قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ

    [Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."

  • Quran 16:58 · An-Nahlrelated

    وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

    And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

  • Quran 19:24 · Maryamrelated

    فَنَادَىٰهَا مِن تَحْتِهَآ أَلَّا تَحْزَنِى قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا

    But he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.

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.

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:462 shared roots

    وَيُكَلِّمُ ٱلنَّاسَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا وَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    م-ه-دك-ل-م

  • Yusuf 12:333 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ

    ص-ب-وك-و-نق-و-ل

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:122 shared roots

    قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَتُغْلَبُونَ وَتُحْشَرُونَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

    م-ه-دق-و-ل

  • Al-Baqara 2:2062 shared roots

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ ٱتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلْعِزَّةُ بِٱلْإِثْمِ فَحَسْبُهُۥ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

    م-ه-دق-و-ل

  • Al-Qamar 54:302 shared roots

    فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

    ك-ي-فك-و-ن

  • Al-Qamar 54:212 shared roots

    فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

    ك-ي-فك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 19:29?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 19:29 include Quran 28:12 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 19:20 (Surah Maryam), Quran 11:72 (Surah Hud), and Quran 15:71 (Surah Al-Hijr). For example, 28:12 reads: “And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his…” 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 19:29 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 19:29 (Surah Maryam, Mary) reads: “So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"”

Which surah is verse 19:29 in?

Quran 19:29 is āyah 29 of Surah Maryam (Mary), chapter 19 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 98 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 19:29?

Tartīl presents Quran 19:29 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.