فَأَجَآءَهَا

ٱلۡمَخَاضُ

إِلَىٰ

جِذۡعِ

ٱلنَّخۡلَةِ

قَالَتۡ

يَٰلَيۡتَنِي

مِتُّ

قَبۡلَ

هَٰذَا

وَكُنتُ

نَسۡيٗا

مَّنسِيّٗا

٢٣

Then the birth pangs drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree and she said: "Oh, would that I had died before this and had been all forgotten."¹