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(I) (This is) a Reminder of your Lord's mercy towards his servant Zachariah
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when he appealed to his Lord with a suppressed cry.
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He said: "My Lord, my bones are tottering for me and my head is glistening with white hair, while I have never been grumbling in my appeal to You, my Lord!
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Yet I fear for my heirs after me while my wife is barren, so grant me goodly an heir from Your presense.
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who may inherit from me, and inherit from Jacob's house. Make him someone we can approve of, my Lord!"
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Zachariah, We bring you news about a boy whose name will be John. We have not given such a name to anyone before.
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He said: "My Lord, how will I have a boy while my wife is barren and I have reached such extreme old age?"
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He said: "Just as your Lord has said: 'It is a trifling thing for me (to do).I created you before while you were still nothing!"'
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He said: "My Lord, grant me a sign!" He said: "Your sign will be that you will not speak to any people for three nights in a row."
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He came forth to his folk from the sanctuary and revealed to them how they should glorify (God) both morning and evening.
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John, hold firmly to the Book. We gave him discretion as a young boy
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plus compassion from Our presence and innocence. He was conscientious
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and considerate towards his parents, and was not demanding, rebellious.
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Peace be upon him the day he was born, and the day he will die, and the day he is raised to life again!
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(II) Mention in the Book how Mary withdrew from her people to an Eastern place.
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She chose to be secluded from them. We sent her Our spirit, who presented himself to her as a full- grown human being.
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She said: "I take refuge with the Mercy-giving from you, unless you are someone who does his duty."
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He said: "I am only your Lord's messenger to bestow a clean-living boy on you."
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She said: "How shall I have a boy when no human being has ever touched me, nor am I a loose woman?"
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He said: "Thus your Lord has said: 'It is a simple matter for Me (to do). We will grant him as a sign for mankind and a mercy from Ourself.' It is a matter that has been decided."
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So she conceived him, and withdrew to a remote place to have him.
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Labor pains came over her by the trunk of a datepalm. She said: "If only I had died before this, and been forgotten, overlooked!"
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Someone called out to her from below where she was: "Don't feel so sad! Your Lord has placed a brook at your feet.
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Shake the trunk of the datepalm towards you so it will drop some fresh dates on you.
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Eat and drink, and refresh yourself. Should you see even a single human being, then say: 'I have vowed to keep a fast to the Mercy-giving whereby I'll never speak to any person today!"'
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She carried him back to her family. They said: "Mary, you have brought something hard to believe!
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Kinswoman of Aaron, your father was no evil man, nor was your mother a loose woman."
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She pointed to him. They said: "How shall we talk to someone who is a child in the 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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