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19. Surah Maryam

Mary · Makki · 98 Ayahs

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

كٓهيعٓصٓ Kaaf Ha Ya Ain Sad ١

Kāf, Hā, Yā, ʿAyn, Ṣād.

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ذِكْرُ (A) mention رَحْمَتِ (of the) Mercy رَبِّكَ (of) your Lord عَبْدَهُۥ (to) His servant زَكَرِيَّآ Zakariya ٢

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

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إِذْ When نَادَىٰ he called رَبَّهُۥ (to) his Lord نِدَآءً a call خَفِيًّۭا secret ٣

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

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قَالَ He said رَبِّ My Lord إِنِّى Indeed, [I] وَهَنَ (have) weakened ٱلْعَظْمُ my bones مِنِّى my bones وَٱشْتَعَلَ and flared ٱلرَّأْسُ (my) head شَيْبًۭا (with) white وَلَمْ and not أَكُنۢ I have been بِدُعَآئِكَ in (my) supplication (to) You رَبِّ my Lord شَقِيًّۭا unblessed ٤

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

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وَإِنِّى And indeed, I خِفْتُ [I] fear ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ the successors مِن after me وَرَآءِى after me وَكَانَتِ and is ٱمْرَأَتِى my wife عَاقِرًۭا barren فَهَبْ So give لِى [to] me مِن from لَّدُنكَ Yourself وَلِيًّۭا an heir ٥

And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

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يَرِثُنِى Who will inherit me وَيَرِثُ and inherit مِنْ from ءَالِ (the) family يَعْقُوبَ ۖ (of) Yaqub وَٱجْعَلْهُ And make him رَبِّ my Lord رَضِيًّۭا pleasing ٦

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

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يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآ O Zakariya إِنَّا Indeed, We نُبَشِّرُكَ [We] give you glad tidings بِغُلَـٰمٍ of a boy ٱسْمُهُۥ his name يَحْيَىٰ (will be) Yahya لَمْ not نَجْعَل We (have) assigned لَّهُۥ [for] it مِن before قَبْلُ before سَمِيًّۭا (this) name ٧

[He was told], "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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قَالَ He said رَبِّ My Lord أَنَّىٰ How يَكُونُ can لِى I have غُلَـٰمٌۭ a boy وَكَانَتِ while is ٱمْرَأَتِى my wife عَاقِرًۭا barren وَقَدْ and indeed بَلَغْتُ I have reached مِنَ of ٱلْكِبَرِ the old age عِتِيًّۭا extreme ٨

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

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قَالَ He said كَذَٰلِكَ Thus قَالَ said رَبُّكَ your Lord هُوَ 'It عَلَىَّ (is) easy for Me هَيِّنٌۭ (is) easy for Me وَقَدْ and certainly خَلَقْتُكَ I (have) created you مِن before قَبْلُ before وَلَمْ while not تَكُ you were شَيْـًۭٔا anything.' ٩

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

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قَالَ He said رَبِّ My Lord ٱجْعَل Make لِّىٓ for me ءَايَةًۭ ۚ a sign قَالَ He said ءَايَتُكَ Your sign أَلَّا (is) that not تُكَلِّمَ you will speak ٱلنَّاسَ (to) the people ثَلَـٰثَ (for) three لَيَالٍۢ nights سَوِيًّۭا sound ١٠

[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."

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فَخَرَجَ Then he came out عَلَىٰ to قَوْمِهِۦ his people مِنَ from ٱلْمِحْرَابِ the prayer chamber فَأَوْحَىٰٓ and he signaled إِلَيْهِمْ to them أَن to سَبِّحُوا۟ glorify (Allah) بُكْرَةًۭ (in) the morning وَعَشِيًّۭا and (in) the evening ١١

So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allāh] in the morning and afternoon.

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