مريم

Kaf, Ha, Ya, 'Ayn, Sad. ^[1]

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

When he called to his Lord a private supplication. ^[3]

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. ^[4]

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

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

[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." ^[7]

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

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

[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." ^[10]

So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allah] in the morning and afternoon. ^[11]

[Allah] said, "O John, take the Scripture with determination." And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy ^[12]

And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allah ^[13]

And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant. ^[14]

And peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive. ^[15]

And mention, [O Muhammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east. ^[16]

And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel, and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man. ^[17]

She said, "Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allah." ^[18]

He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy." ^[19]

She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?" ^[20]