كٓهٰیٰعٓصٓ ۟۫ۚ
Kāf, Hā, Yā, ʿAyn, Ṣād.
ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهٗ زَكَرِیَّا ۟ۖۚ
[This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah
اِذْ نَادٰی رَبَّهٗ نِدَآءً خَفِیًّا ۟
When he called to his Lord a private call [i.e., supplication].
قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّیْ وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّیْ وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّاْسُ شَیْبًا وَّلَمْ اَكُنْ بِدُعَآىِٕكَ رَبِّ شَقِیًّا ۟
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].
وَاِنِّیْ خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِیَ مِنْ وَّرَآءِیْ وَكَانَتِ امْرَاَتِیْ عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِیْ مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ وَلِیًّا ۟ۙ
And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir
یَّرِثُنِیْ وَیَرِثُ مِنْ اٰلِ یَعْقُوْبَ ۖۗ وَاجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِیًّا ۟
Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]."
یٰزَكَرِیَّاۤ اِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلٰمِ سْمُهٗ یَحْیٰی ۙ لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهٗ مِنْ قَبْلُ سَمِیًّا ۟
[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."
قَالَ رَبِّ اَنّٰی یَكُوْنُ لِیْ غُلٰمٌ وَّكَانَتِ امْرَاَتِیْ عَاقِرًا وَّقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ عِتِیًّا ۟
He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"
قَالَ كَذٰلِكَ ۚ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَیَّ هَیِّنٌ وَّقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَیْـًٔا ۟
[An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.'"
قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ لِّیْۤ اٰیَةً ؕ قَالَ اٰیَتُكَ اَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلٰثَ لَیَالٍ سَوِیًّا ۟
[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."
فَخَرَجَ عَلٰی قَوْمِهٖ مِنَ الْمِحْرَابِ فَاَوْحٰۤی اِلَیْهِمْ اَنْ سَبِّحُوْا بُكْرَةً وَّعَشِیًّا ۟
So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allāh] in the morning and afternoon.
یٰیَحْیٰی خُذِ الْكِتٰبَ بِقُوَّةٍ ؕ وَاٰتَیْنٰهُ الْحُكْمَ صَبِیًّا ۟ۙ
[Allāh said], "O John, take the Scripture [i.e., adhere to it] with determination." And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy
وَّحَنَانًا مِّنْ لَّدُنَّا وَزَكٰوةً ؕ وَكَانَ تَقِیًّا ۟ۙ
And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allāh
وَّبَرًّا بِوَالِدَیْهِ وَلَمْ یَكُنْ جَبَّارًا عَصِیًّا ۟
And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant.
وَسَلٰمٌ عَلَیْهِ یَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَیَوْمَ یَمُوْتُ وَیَوْمَ یُبْعَثُ حَیًّا ۟۠
And peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive.
وَاذْكُرْ فِی الْكِتٰبِ مَرْیَمَ ۘ اِذِ انْتَبَذَتْ مِنْ اَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِیًّا ۟ۙ
And mention, [O Muḥammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.
فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُوْنِهِمْ حِجَابًا ۪۫ فَاَرْسَلْنَاۤ اِلَیْهَا رُوْحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِیًّا ۟
And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel [i.e., Gabriel], and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man.
قَالَتْ اِنِّیْۤ اَعُوْذُ بِالرَّحْمٰنِ مِنْكَ اِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِیًّا ۟
She said, "Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allāh."
قَالَ اِنَّمَاۤ اَنَا رَسُوْلُ رَبِّكِ ۖۗ لِاَهَبَ لَكِ غُلٰمًا زَكِیًّا ۟
He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy [i.e., son]."
قَالَتْ اَنّٰی یَكُوْنُ لِیْ غُلٰمٌ وَّلَمْ یَمْسَسْنِیْ بَشَرٌ وَّلَمْ اَكُ بَغِیًّا ۟
She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"
قَالَ كَذٰلِكِ ۚ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَیَّ هَیِّنٌ ۚ وَلِنَجْعَلَهٗۤ اٰیَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِّنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ اَمْرًا مَّقْضِیًّا ۟
He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.'"
فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانْتَبَذَتْ بِهٖ مَكَانًا قَصِیًّا ۟
So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place.
فَاَجَآءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ اِلٰی جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ ۚ قَالَتْ یٰلَیْتَنِیْ مِتُّ قَبْلَ هٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْیًا مَّنْسِیًّا ۟
And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."
فَنَادٰىهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَاۤ اَلَّا تَحْزَنِیْ قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِیًّا ۟
But he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.
وَهُزِّیْۤ اِلَیْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسٰقِطْ عَلَیْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِیًّا ۟ؗ
And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates.
فَكُلِیْ وَاشْرَبِیْ وَقَرِّیْ عَیْنًا ۚ فَاِمَّا تَرَیِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ اَحَدًا ۙ فَقُوْلِیْۤ اِنِّیْ نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ اُكَلِّمَ الْیَوْمَ اِنْسِیًّا ۟ۚ
So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.'"
فَاَتَتْ بِهٖ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهٗ ؕ قَالُوْا یٰمَرْیَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَیْـًٔا فَرِیًّا ۟
Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.
یٰۤاُخْتَ هٰرُوْنَ مَا كَانَ اَبُوْكِ امْرَاَ سَوْءٍ وَّمَا كَانَتْ اُمُّكِ بَغِیًّا ۟ۖۚ
O sister [i.e., descendant] of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."
فَاَشَارَتْ اِلَیْهِ ؕ قَالُوْا كَیْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَنْ كَانَ فِی الْمَهْدِ صَبِیًّا ۟
So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"
قَالَ اِنِّیْ عَبْدُ اللّٰهِ ؕ۫ اٰتٰىنِیَ الْكِتٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِیْ نَبِیًّا ۟ۙ
[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allāh. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet.
وَّجَعَلَنِیْ مُبٰرَكًا اَیْنَ مَا كُنْتُ ۪ وَاَوْصٰنِیْ بِالصَّلٰوةِ وَالزَّكٰوةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَیًّا ۪۟ۖ
And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakāh as long as I remain alive
وَّبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِیْ ؗ وَلَمْ یَجْعَلْنِیْ جَبَّارًا شَقِیًّا ۟
And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant.
وَالسَّلٰمُ عَلَیَّ یَوْمَ وُلِدْتُّ وَیَوْمَ اَمُوْتُ وَیَوْمَ اُبْعَثُ حَیًّا ۟
And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive."
ذٰلِكَ عِیْسَی ابْنُ مَرْیَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِیْ فِیْهِ یَمْتَرُوْنَ ۟
That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute.
مَا كَانَ لِلّٰهِ اَنْ یَّتَّخِذَ مِنْ وَّلَدٍ ۙ سُبْحٰنَهٗ ؕ اِذَا قَضٰۤی اَمْرًا فَاِنَّمَا یَقُوْلُ لَهٗ كُنْ فَیَكُوْنُ ۟ؕ
It is not [befitting] for Allāh to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.
وَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ رَبِّیْ وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوْهُ ؕ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِیْمٌ ۟
[Jesus said], "And indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path."
فَاخْتَلَفَ الْاَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَیْنِهِمْ ۚ فَوَیْلٌ لِّلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنْ مَّشْهَدِ یَوْمٍ عَظِیْمٍ ۟
Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day.
اَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَاَبْصِرْ ۙ یَوْمَ یَاْتُوْنَنَا لٰكِنِ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ الْیَوْمَ فِیْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِیْنٍ ۟
How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.
وَاَنْذِرْهُمْ یَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ اِذْ قُضِیَ الْاَمْرُ ۘ وَهُمْ فِیْ غَفْلَةٍ وَّهُمْ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ ۟
And warn them, [O Muḥammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe.
اِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ الْاَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَیْهَا وَاِلَیْنَا یُرْجَعُوْنَ ۟۠
Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned.
وَاذْكُرْ فِی الْكِتٰبِ اِبْرٰهِیْمَ ؕ۬ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ صِدِّیْقًا نَّبِیًّا ۟
And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.
اِذْ قَالَ لِاَبِیْهِ یٰۤاَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا یَسْمَعُ وَلَا یُبْصِرُ وَلَا یُغْنِیْ عَنْكَ شَیْـًٔا ۟
[Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?
یٰۤاَبَتِ اِنِّیْ قَدْ جَآءَنِیْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ مَا لَمْ یَاْتِكَ فَاتَّبِعْنِیْۤ اَهْدِكَ صِرَاطًا سَوِیًّا ۟
O my father, indeed there has come to me of knowledge that which has not come to you, so follow me; I will guide you to an even path.
یٰۤاَبَتِ لَا تَعْبُدِ الشَّیْطٰنَ ؕ اِنَّ الشَّیْطٰنَ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ عَصِیًّا ۟
O my father, do not worship [i.e., obey] Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.
یٰۤاَبَتِ اِنِّیْۤ اَخَافُ اَنْ یَّمَسَّكَ عَذَابٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمٰنِ فَتَكُوْنَ لِلشَّیْطٰنِ وَلِیًّا ۟
O my father, indeed I fear that there will touch you a punishment from the Most Merciful so you would be to Satan a companion [in Hellfire]."
قَالَ اَرَاغِبٌ اَنْتَ عَنْ اٰلِهَتِیْ یٰۤاِبْرٰهِیْمُ ۚ لَىِٕنْ لَّمْ تَنْتَهِ لَاَرْجُمَنَّكَ وَاهْجُرْنِیْ مَلِیًّا ۟
[His father] said, "Have you no desire for my gods, O Abraham? If you do not desist, I will surely stone you, so avoid me a prolonged time."
قَالَ سَلٰمٌ عَلَیْكَ ۚ سَاَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ رَبِّیْ ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ بِیْ حَفِیًّا ۟
[Abraham] said, "Peace [i.e., safety] will be upon you. I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me.
وَاَعْتَزِلُكُمْ وَمَا تَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ وَاَدْعُوْا رَبِّیْ ۖؗ عَسٰۤی اَلَّاۤ اَكُوْنَ بِدُعَآءِ رَبِّیْ شَقِیًّا ۟
And I will leave you and those you invoke other than Allāh and will invoke my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy [i.e., disappointed]."
فَلَمَّا اعْتَزَلَهُمْ وَمَا یَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ ۙ وَهَبْنَا لَهٗۤ اِسْحٰقَ وَیَعْقُوْبَ ؕ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا نَبِیًّا ۟
So when he had left them and those they worshipped other than Allāh, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each [of them] We made a prophet.
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُمْ مِّنْ رَّحْمَتِنَا وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ عَلِیًّا ۟۠
And We gave them of Our mercy, and We made for them a mention [i.e., reputation] of high honor.