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A reminder of your Lord's mercy to His servant Zachariah.
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When he called out to his Lord secretly.
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He said, My Lord, my bones have gone frail, and my hair has turned white, and I have never been mischievous in calling to You my Lord.
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I fear the kinfolk after I am gone, and my wife is infertile, so grant me from Yourself an ally.
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To inherit from me, and inherit from the descendants of Jacob. Make him, my Lord, well pleasing.
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O Zachariah, We give you glad tidings of a son whose name is John. We have not given that name before to anyone.
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He said, My Lord, how can I have a son when my wife is infertile, and I have reached a very old age?
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He said, It is such that your Lord has said. It is an easy thing for Me. I had created you before when you were not even anything.
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He said, My Lord, make for me a sign. He said, Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights consecutively.
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So he went out amongst his people from the temple enclosure, and he indicated to them that they should glorify Him at dawn and dusk.
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O John, take the book with confidence. We gave him authority while in his youth.
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He had kindness from Us and purity, and he was ever righteous.
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Dutiful to his parents, and never was he a tyrant or disobedient.
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Peace be upon him the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he is resurrected alive.
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Relate in the book Mary, when she withdrew herself from her family to a place which was to the east.
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She took to a barrier which separated her from them, so We sent Our Spirit to her, and he took on the shape of a human in all similarity.
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She said, I seek refuge with the Gracious from you if you are a person of acknowledgment.
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He said, I am the messenger of your Lord, that He may grant you the gift of a pure son.
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She said, How can I have a son when no human has touched me, nor do I desire such?
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He said, It is such that your Lord has said, it is easy for Me. We shall make him a sign for the people and a mercy from Us. It is a matter already ordained.
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So she was pregnant with him, and she went to deliver in a far place.
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Then the birth pains came to her, by the trunk of a palm tree. She said, I wish I had died before this, and became totally forgotten!
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But then he called to her from beneath her: Do not be sad, your Lord has made below you a stream.
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Shake the trunk of this palm tree, it will cause ripe dates to fall upon you.
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So eat and drink and be happy. If you see any human being, then say, I have declared a fast for the Gracious, and I will not talk today to any of the people."
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Then she came to her people carrying him. They said, O Mary, you have come with something totally unexpected!
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O sister of Aaron, your father was not a bad man, and your mother was never unchaste!
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So she pointed to him. They said, How can we talk to someone who is a child in a cradle?
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He said, I am God's servant, He has given me the book and made me a prophet.
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