Hud (Hud)

Verse 72

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    72. “She said: ‘Woe to me! Shall I bear a child when I am an old woman, and this my husband is an old man? Verily this is a wonderful thing!’”

    Sarah, who had given up hope of having children, with a tone of tremendous wonder, exclaimed implying that alas for her. Might she give birth to a child despite her old age and despite the fact that her husband too was old? That was a truly amazing matter.

    The verse itself says:

    “She said: ‘Woe to me! Shall I bear a child when I am an old woman, and this my husband is an old man? Verily this is a wonderful thing!’”

    That same Allah Who had made the fire cold for Abraham (as) and had made him win over the idol-worshippers, is definitely able to make an infertile old woman fertile and an old man sire a child.