Maryam

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Ayah19:1#Copy

   كٓهيعٓصٓ

   (1) Kāf, Hā, Yā, ʿAyn, Ṣād.[806]

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   [806]- See footnote to 2:1.
2. Ayah19:2#Copy

   ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآ

   (2) [This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah

3. Ayah19:3#Copy

   إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيًّا

   (3) When he called to his Lord a private call [i.e., supplication].

4. Ayah19:4#Copy

   قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا

   (4) He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled[807] with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., disappointed].

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   [807]- Literally, "ignited." The spread of white hair throughout the head is likened to that of fire in the bush.
5. Ayah19:5#Copy

   وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا

   (5) And indeed, I fear the successors[808] after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

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   [808]- Those relatives from the father's side who would inherit religious authority.
6. Ayah19:6#Copy

   يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَٱجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا

   (6) Who will inherit me[809] and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]."

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   [809]- Inherit from me religious knowledge and prophethood.
7. Ayah19:7#Copy

   يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا

   (7) [He was told],[810] "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name."

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   [810]- By Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) through the angels.
8. Ayah19:8#Copy

   قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا

   (8) He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"

9. Ayah19:9#Copy

   قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْـًٔا

   (9) [An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.'"

10. Ayah19:10#Copy

    قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةً ۚ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَـٰثَ لَيَالٍ سَوِيًّا

    (10) [Zechariah] said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights, [being] sound."[811]

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    [811]- i.e., without illness or defect.