Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
AND LO! The angels said: "O Mary! Behold, God has elected thee and made thee pure, and raised thee above all the women of the world
Arthur John Arberry
And when the angels said, 'Mary, God has chosen thee, and purified thee; He has chosen thee above all women
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! Allah hath chosen thee and purified thee- chosen thee above the women of all nations
Arabic
وَإِذۡ قَالَتِ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةُ یَـٰمَرۡیَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصۡطَفَىٰكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَٱصۡطَفَىٰكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَاۤءِ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ٤٢
Transliteration (2021)
wa-idh qālati l-malāikatu yāmaryamu inna l-laha iṣ'ṭafāki waṭahharaki wa-iṣ'ṭafāki ʿalā nisāi l-ʿālamīn