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Kaf.
Ha. Ya. 'Ain. Sad. |
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(This
is) a recital of the Mercy of
your Lord to His Servant Zakariya. |
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Behold!
He cried to his Lord in secret, |
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Praying:
"O my Lord! Infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair of my head
does glisten with gray: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, in my prayer
to You! |
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"Now
I fear (what)
my relatives (and colleagues)
(will do) after me: but my wife
is barren: so give me an heir as from Thyself-- |
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"(One
that) will (truly)
represent me, and represent the posterity of Jacob; and make him,
O my Lord! One with whom You are well-pleased!" |
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(His
prayer was answered): "O
Zakariya! We give you good news of a son: his name shall be Yahya:
on none by that name have We conferred distinction before." |
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He
said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren
and I have grown quite decrepit from old age?" |
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He
said: "So (it will be):
your Lord says, `That is easy for Me: I did indeed create you before,
when you had been nothing!' " |
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(Zakariya)
said "O my Lord! Give me a Sign." "Your Sign,"
was the answer, "shall be that you shall speak to no man for
three nights, although you are not dumb." |
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So
Zakariya came out to his people from his chamber: he told them by
signs to celebrate Allah's praises in the morning and in the evening. |
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(To
his son came the command): "O
Yahya! Take hold of the Book with might": and We gave him Wisdom
even as a youth. |
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And
pity (for all creatures)
as from Us, and purity: he was devout, |
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And
kind to his parents, and he was not overbearing or rebellious. |
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So
Peace on him the day he was born the day that he dies, and the day
that he will be raised up to life (again)! |
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Relate
in the Book (the story of)
Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East. |
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She
placed a screen (to screen
herself) from them: then We
sent to her Our angel, and he appeared before her as a man in all
respects. |
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She
said: "I seek refuge from you to (Allah)
Most Gracious: (come not near)
if you do fear Allah." |
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He
said: "Nay, I am only a messenger from your Lord, (to
announce) to you the gift of
a holy son." |
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She
said: "How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched
me, and I am not unchaste?" |
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He
said: "So (it will be):
your Lord says, `That is easy for Me: and (We
wish) to appoint him as a Sign
unto men and a Mercy from Us': it is a matter (so)
decreed." |
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So
she conceived him, and she retired with him to a remote place. |
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And
the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree: she
cried (in her anguish):
"Ah! Would that I had died before this! Would that I had been
a thing forgotten and out of sight!" |
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But
(a voice)
cried to her from beneath the
(palm-free): "Grieve not!
For your Lord has provided a rivulet beneath you; |
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"And
shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree: it will let fall
fresh ripe dates upon you. |
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"So
eat and drink and cool (your)
eye. And if you do see any man say, `I have vowed a fast to
(Allah)
Most Gracious, and this day will I enter into no talk with any human
being.' " |
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At
length she brought the (babe)
to her people, carrying him (in
her arms). They said: "O
Mary! Truly an amazing thing have you brought! |
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"O
sister of Aaron! Your father was not a man of evil, nor your mother
a woman unchaste!" |
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But
she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who
is a child in the cradle?" |
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He
said: "I am indeed a servant of Allah: He has given me revelation
and made me a prophet; |
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