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Kaf, Ha, Ya, Ayn, Sad (These are the names of letters of the Arabic alphabet and only Allah knows their meaning here).
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(This is) the mention of your Lord's mercy to His bondman Zakariyya (Zechariah)
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As he called out to his Lord a concealed call.
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He said, "Lord! Surely the bone (s) within me have become feeble, and my head is turned white with hoary (hair) (Literally: is aflame with hoary "hair") and I have not been wretched in invoking you, Lord!
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And surely I fear my patronized (relatives) beyond me, (i.e., after I am gone) and my wife is barren. So bestow upon me, from very close to You, a constant patron (Some take it to mean a nephew or kinsman)
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Who will inherit of me and inherit (also) of the house of Yaaqub; (Jacob) and make him, Lord, well satisfied."
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O Zakariyya, surely We give you good tidings of a youth whose name is Yahya (John). No namesake have We given him earlier.
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He said, "Lord! However can I have a youth and my wife is barren, and I have already reached the decrepitude of old age?"
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He said, "Thus (it will be) your Lord has said. Simple is it for Me, and I already created you, earlier, and you were nothing."
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He said, "Lord! Make for me (some) sign." Said He, "Your sign is that you shall not speak to (any of) mankind, though being in perfect shape, (i.e. being without fault, or defect; literally: in "perfect" mold) three nights."
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So he went out to his people from the Chamber, then he signified (Literally: revealed) to them, "Extol (your Lord) before sunrise and at nightfall."
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O Yahya, (John) take the Book powerfully. And We brought him judgment (when) a young boy,
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And a sympathy from very close to Us, and cleanliness. And he was pious,
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And benign to his parents, and he was not arrogant, disobedient.
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And peace be upon him, the day he was begotten and the day he dies, and the day he is made to rise again alive!
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And mention in the Book Maryam (Mary) as she retired from her family to an eastern place.
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So she took to herself a curtain apart from them; then We sent to her Our Spirit; (i.e., the Angle Jibril "Gabriel) so he took for himself the likeness of a mortal in perfect shape (Or: mold).
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She said, "Surely I take refuge in The All-Merciful from you, in case you are pious."
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He said, "Surely I am only a Messenger of your Lord to bestow upon you a most cleansed youth."
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She said, "However can I have a youth, and no mortal has touched me, neither have I been a prostitute?"
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He said, "Thus (it will be). Your Lord has said, cSimple is it for Me, and that We may make him a sign for mankind and a mercy from Us, and it is a Command decreed."
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So she conceived him, then she retired with him to a remote place.
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Then the birthpangs made her come to the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, "Oh, would I had died before this and become a thing forgotten, completely forgotten!"
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Then (one) called out to her from beneath her, "Do not grieve. Your Lord has already made beneath you a rivulet.
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And shake to you the trunk of the palm-tree (and) it will let fall ripe dates down on you, readily reaped.
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So eat and drink and comfort your eye, yet in case you ever definitely see any mortal, (Literally: any of the mortals) then say, "Surely I have vowed fasting to The All-Merciful, so I will never speak today to any human being."
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Then she came up with him to her people carrying him. They said, "O Maryam, (Mary) indeed you have readily come with a fabricated thing.
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O sister of Harun, (Aaron) in no way was your father a woeful person, and in no way was your mother a prostitute."
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So she pointed to him. They said, "How shall we speak to one who is (still) in the cradle, a young boy?"
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He said, "Surely I am the bondman of Allah. He has brought me the Book and made me a Prophet.
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