1
Kaf-Ha-Ya-A'in-Sad. (+ Alphabets of the Arabic language - Allah and to whomever He reveals know their precise meanings.)
2
This is the remembrance of the mercy of your Lord upon His bondman Zakaria.
3
When he softly prayed to his Lord.
4
He submitted, "O my Lord - my bones have become weak and old age shines forth from my head, and O my Lord, I have never been disappointed in my prayer to you."
5
And I fear my relatives after me and my wife is barren therefore bestow upon me from Yourself one who will take up my work.
6
He being my successor and the heir of the Descendants of Yaqub (Jacob); and my Lord, make him a cherished + one. (+ Make him a Prophet among the Descendants of Israel.)
7
O Zakaria! We give you the glad tidings of a son whose name is Yahya (John) - before him, We have not created anyone of this name.
8
He submitted, "My Lord - how can I have a son whereas my wife is barren and I have reached infirmity due to old age?"
9
He (the angel) said, "So it is; your Lord says, ‘This is easy for Me - in fact I created you before this, at a time when you did not exist.' "
10
He said, "My Lord, give me a sign"; He said, "Your token is that you will not speak to people for three nights, although in proper health."
11
He therefore emerged upon his people from the mosque, and told them through gestures, "Keep proclaiming the Purity (of your Lord) morning and evening."
12
O Yahya - hold the Book firmly; and We gave him Prophethood in his infancy. (Prophet Yahya was only 2 years old at that time.)
13
And compassion from Ourselves, and chastity; and he was extremely pious.
14
And was good to his parents and not forceful, nor disobedient.
15
And peace is upon him the day he was born, and the day he will taste death, and the day he will be raised alive.
16
And remember Maryam in the Book; when she went away from her family to a place towards east.
17
So there she screened herself from them; We therefore sent Our Spirit towards her - he appeared before her in the form of a healthy man. (Angel Jibreel – peace be upon him.)
18
She said, "I seek the refuge of the Most Gracious from you - if you fear God."
19
He said, "I am indeed one sent by your Lord; so that I may give you a chaste son."
20
She said, "How can I bear a son? No man has ever touched me, nor am I of poor conduct!"
21
He said, "So it is; your Lord has said, ‘This is easy for Me'; and in order that We make him a sign for mankind and a Mercy from Us; and this matter has been decreed."
22
So she conceived him, and she went away with him to a far place.
23
Then the pangs of childbirth brought her to the base of the palm-tree; she said, "Oh, if only had I died before this and had become forgotten, unremembered."
24
(The angel) Therefore he called her from below her, "Do not grieve - your Lord has made a river flow below you."
25
And shake the trunk of the palm-tree towards you - ripe fresh dates will fall upon you. (This was a miracle - the date palm was dry and it was winter season.)
26
Therefore eat and drink and appease your eyes; so if you meet any person then say, ‘I have pledged a fast (of silence) to the Most Gracious - I will therefore not speak to any person today.'
27
So carrying him in her arms, she brought him to her people; they said, "O Maryam, you have indeed committed a great evil!"
28
O sister of Haroon, neither was your father an evil man nor was your mother of poor conduct!
29
Thereupon she pointed towards the child; they said, "How can we speak to an infant who is in the cradle?"
30
The child proclaimed, "I am Allah's bondman; He has given me the Book and made me a Herald of the Hidden (a Prophet)."
Sonraki 30 ayet →