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Kaf
HaYa'AinSad. [These letters
are one of the miracles of the Qur-an, and none but Allah (Alone)
knows their meanings]. |
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(This
is) a mention of the mercy of
your Lord to His slave Zakariya (Zachariah). |
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When
he called out his Lord (Allah)
a call in secret, |
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Saying:
"My Lord! Indeed my bones have grown feeble, and grey hair has
spread on my head, And I have never been unblest in my invocation
to You, O my Lord! |
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| 5. |
"And
Verily! I fear my relatives after me, since my wife is barren. So
give me from Yourself an heir, |
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"Who
shall inherit me, and inherit (also)
the posterity of Ya'qub (Jacob)
(inheritance of the religious knowledge and Prophethood, not the wealth,
etc.). And make him, my Lord,
one with whom You are Well-pleased!". |
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(Allah
said) "O Zakariya (Zachariah)!
Verily, We give you the glad tidings of a son, His name will be Yahya
(John).
We have given that name to none before (him)." |
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8. |
He
said: "My Lord! How can I have a son, when my wife is barren,
and I have reached the extreme old age." |
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He
said: "So (it will be).
Your Lord says; It is easy for Me. Certainly I have created you before,
when you had been nothing!" |
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[Zakariya
(Zachariah)] said: "My
Lord! Appoint for me a sign." He said: "Your sign is that
you shall not speak unto mankind for three nights, though having no
bodily defect." |
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Then
he came out to his people from Al-Mihrab (a
praying place or a private room, etc.),
he told them by signs to glorify Allah's Praises in the morning and
in the afternoon. |
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(It
was said to his son): "O
Yahya (John)!
Hold fast the Scripture [the
Taurat (Torah)]." And We
gave him wisdom while yet a child. |
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And
(made him)
sympathetic to men as a mercy
(or a grant) from Us, and pure
from sins [i.e. Yahya (John)]
and he was righteous, |
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And
dutiful towards his parents, and he was neither an arrogant nor disobedient
(to Allah or to his parents). |
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And
Salamun (peace)
be on him the day he was born, the day he dies, and the day he will
be raised up to life (again)! |
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And
mention in the Book (the Qur-an,
O Muhammad SAW , the story of)
Maryam (Mary),
when she withdrew in seclusion from her family to a place facing east. |
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She
placed a screen (to screen
herself) from them; then We
sent to her Our Ruh [angel
Jibrael (Gabriel)], and he appeared
before her in the form of a man in all respects. |
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She
said: "Verily! I seek refuge with the Most Beneficent (Allah)
from you, if you do fear Allah." |
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(The
angel) said: "I am only
a Messenger from your Lord, (to
announce) to you the gift of
a righteous son." |
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She
said: "How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, nor
am I unchaste?" |
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He
said: "So (it will be),
your Lord said: 'That is easy for Me (Allah):
And (We wish)
to appoint him as a sign to mankind and a mercy from Us (Allah),
and it is a matter (already)
decreed, (by Allah).'
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So
she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place (i.e.
Bethlehem valley about 4-6 miles from Jerusalem). |
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And
the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She
said: "Would that I had died before this, and had been forgotten
and out of sight!" |
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Then
[the babe 'Iesa (Jesus) or
Jibrael (Gabriel)] cried unto
her from below her, saying: "Grieve not! Your Lord has provided
a water stream under you; |
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"And
shake the trunk of date-palm towards you, it will let fall fresh ripe-dates
upon you." |
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"So
eat and drink and be glad, and if you see any human being, say: 'Verily!
I have vowed a fast unto the Most Beneficent (Allah)
so I shall not speak to any human being this day." |
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Then
she brought him (the baby)
to her people, carrying him. They said: "O Mary! Indeed you have
brought a thing Fariya (an unheard
mighty thing). |
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"O
sister (i.e. the like)
of Harun (Aaron)
[not the brother of Musa (Moses),
but he was another pious man at the time of Maryam (Mary)]!
Your father was not a man who used to commit adultery, nor your mother
was an unchaste woman." |
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Then
she pointed to him. They said: "How can we talk to one who is
a child in the cradle?" |
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| 30. |
"He
['Iesa (Jesus)]
said: Verily! I am a slave of Allah, He has given me the Scripture
and made me a Prophet;" |
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