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Kaf-
Ha-Ya-'Ain-Sad. |
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Mention
of the mercy of thy Lord to His bondman Zakariyya. |
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Recall
what time he cried unto his Lord with a cry secret. |
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He
said: O my Lord! verily the bones of me have waxen feeble, and the
head is glistening with hoariness, and have not yet been in my prayer
to thee, my Lord, unblest. |
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And
verily I fear my kindred after me, and my wife hath been barren; so
bestow on me from before Thee an heir. |
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Inheriting
me and inheriting the Children of Ya'qub; and make him, my Lord, acceptable! |
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O
Zakariyya! verily We give thee the glad tidings of a boy: his name
shall be Yahya; We have not afore-time made his namesake. |
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He
said: O my Lord! in what wise shall there be for me a boy, whereas
my wife hath been barren, and surely have reached an age of extreme
degree? |
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Allah
said: even so! Thy Lord saith: it is unto Me easy, whereas surely
I created thee afore when thou wast not aught. |
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He
said: my Lord appoint for me a sign. Allah said: thy sign is that
thou shalt not speak unto mankind for three nights, while sound. |
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Then
he came forth to his people from the sanctuary, and he beckoned unto
them. hallow your Lord morning and evening. |
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O
Yahya! se hold fast the book. And We vouchsafed unto him wisdom, while
yet a child. |
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And
tenderness from Our presence and purity, and he was God-fearing. |
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And
duteous unto his parents, and Was not high-handed rebel. |
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And
Peace be unto him the day he was born and the day he dieth and the
day he will be raised up alive. |
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And
mention thou in the Book Maryam, what time the retired from her people
to a place eastward. |
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Then
she took beside them a curtain; then We sent unto her Our Spirit,
and he took unto her the form of a human being sound. |
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She
said: verily seek refuge with the Compassionate from thee if thou
art God-fearing. |
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He
said: I am but a meenger from thy Lord that I may bestow on thee a
boy pure. |
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She
said: in what wise shall there be a boy unto me, whereas not a human
being hath touched me, nor have I been a harlot? |
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He
said: even so! Thy Lord saith: it is With Me easy, and it is in order
that We may make him a sign unto mankind and a mercy from Us, and
it is an affair decreed. |
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When
she conceived him, and she retired with him to a place far-off. |
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Then
the birth-pangs drave her to the trunk of a palm-tree; she said: would
that had died afore this and become forgotten, lost in oblivion! |
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Then
one cried unto her from underneath her, that grieve not, thy Lord
hath placed underneath thou a rivulet. |
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And
shake toward thee the trunk of the palm-tree it shall drop on thee
dates fresh and ripe. |
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So
eat and drink thou, and cool thine eyes; and if thou beholdest the
human beings anyone, say: verily I have vowed to the Compassionate
a fast, so I shall not speak today to any human being. |
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Then
she brought him to her nation carrying him. They said: Maryam! assuredly
thou hast brought a thing unheard Of. |
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O
sister of Harun: thy father was not a man of evil, nor was thy mother
a harlot. |
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Then
she Pointed to him. They said: how shall we speak to one who is in
the cradle, a child? |
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He
Said: verily I am a bondman of Allah; He hath vouchsafed me the Book
and made me a prophet. |
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