In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.
Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem
A remembrance of the mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zachariah.
Thikru rahmati rabbika AAabdahuzakariyya
When he called to his Lord with a secret call,
Ith nada rabbahu nidaankhafiyya
He said: “My Lord: feeble are become the bones within me, and my head is aflame with white hair, yet never have I been wretched in my call to Thee, my Lord,
Qala rabbi innee wahana alAAathmuminnee washtaAAala arra/su shayban walam akunbiduAAa-ika rabbi shaqiyya
“But I fear my heirs after me, and my wife is barren, so give Thou me from Thyself an heir
Wa-innee khiftu almawaliya min wara-eewakanati imraatee AAaqiran fahab lee min ladunkawaliyya
“To inherit from me and to inherit from the house of Jacob; and make Thou him, my Lord, pleasing.”
Yarithunee wayarithu min ali yaAAqoobawajAAalhu rabbi radiyya
“O Zachariah: We bring thee glad tidings of a lad whose name is John. We have not made a namesake for him before.”
Ya zakariyya innanubashshiruka bighulamin ismuhu yahya lamnajAAal lahu min qablu samiyya
He said: “My Lord: how will I have a lad when my wife is barren and I have reached extreme old age?”
Qala rabbi anna yakoonu leeghulamun wakanati imraatee AAaqiran waqadbalaghtu mina alkibari AAitiyya
Said he: “Thus said thy Lord: ‘It is easy for Me; and I created thee before when thou wast nothing.’”
Qala kathalika qalarabbuka huwa AAalayya hayyinun waqad khalaqtuka min qablu walamtaku shay-a
He said: “My Lord: make Thou for me a proof.” Said He: “Thy proof is that thou shalt not speak to men three nights, being sound.”
Qala rabbi ijAAal lee ayatan qalaayatuka alla tukallima annasa thalathalayalin sawiyya
And he went out to his people from the chamber and instructed them: “Give you glory morning and evening!”
Fakharaja AAala qawmihi mina almihrabifaawha ilayhim an sabbihoo bukratan waAAashiyya
“O John: hold thou fast the Writ!” And We gave him judgment when a child,
Ya yahya khuthialkitaba biquwwatin waataynahu alhukmasabiyya
And tenderness from Us, and purity; and he was in prudent fear,
Wahananan min ladunnawazakatan wakana taqiyya
And dutiful to his parents; and he was not arrogant or defiant.
Wabarran biwalidayhi walam yakun jabbaranAAasiyya
And peace be upon him the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he is raised up alive!
Wasalamun AAalayhi yawma wulidawayawma yamootu wayawma yubAAathu hayya
And remember thou in the Writ Mary: — when she withdrew from her people to a place in the East,
Wathkur fee alkitabimaryama ithi intabathat min ahliha makanansharqiyya
So she separated herself from them; then We sent to her Our Spirit, and he appeared to her as a mortal without fault.
Fattakhathat min doonihim hijabanfaarsalna ilayha roohanafatamaththala laha basharan sawiyya
She said: “I seek refuge in the Almighty from thee, if thou be in prudent fear.”
Qalat innee aAAoothu birrahmaniminka in kunta taqiyya
He said: “I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I might give thee a pure lad.”
Qala innama ana rasoolurabbiki li-ahaba laki ghulaman zakiyya
She said: “How can I have a lad, when no mortal has touched me, neither have I been unchaste?”
Qalat anna yakoonu lee ghulamunwalam yamsasnee basharun walam aku baghiyya
He said: “Thus said thy Lord: ‘It is easy for Me — and that We make him a proof for mankind, and a mercy from Us; and it is a matter ordained.’”
Qala kathaliki qalarabbuki huwa AAalayya hayyinun walinajAAalahu ayatan linnasiwarahmatan minna wakana amran maqdiyya
Then she bore him, and withdrew with him to a distant place.
Fahamalat-hu fantabathatbihi makanan qasiyya
And the pains of childbirth brought her to the trunk of the date-palm. She said: “Would that I had died before this and been utterly forgotten!”
Faajaaha almakhadu ilajithAAi annakhlati qalat ya laytaneemittu qabla hatha wakuntu nasyan mansiyya
Then he called to her, from below her: “Grieve thou not; thy Lord has placed beneath thee a stream.
Fanadaha min tahtihaalla tahzanee qad jaAAala rabbuki tahtakisariyya
“And shake thou towards thee the trunk of the date-palm; it will drop upon thee ripe, fresh dates.
Wahuzzee ilayki bijithAAi annakhlatitusaqit AAalayki rutaban janiyya
“So eat thou, and drink thou, and let thine eye be comforted; and if thou see any mortal, say thou: ‘I have vowed to the Almighty a fast, so I will not speak this day to any man.’”
Fakulee washrabee waqarree AAaynanfa-imma tarayinna mina albashari ahadan faqooleeinnee nathartu lirrahmani sawmanfalan okallima alyawma insiyya
And she brought him to her people, bearing him. They said: “O Mary: thou hast done an unheard-of thing.
Faatat bihi qawmaha tahmiluhuqaloo ya maryamu laqad ji/ti shay-an fariyya
“O sister of Aaron: thy father was not an evil man, and thy mother was not unchaste.”
Ya okhta haroona ma kanaabooki imraa saw-in wama kanat ommuki baghiyya
Then she pointed to him. They said: “How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?”
Faasharat ilayhi qaloo kayfanukallimu man kana fee almahdi sabiyya
He said: “I am the servant of God; He has given me the Writ, and made me a prophet,
Qala innee AAabdu Allahi ataniyaalkitaba wajaAAalanee nabiyya
“And made me blessed wherever I be — and enjoined upon me the duty and the purity as long as I live —
WajaAAalanee mubarakan aynamakuntu waawsanee bissalati wazzakatima dumtu hayya
“And dutiful to my mother; and He has not made me arrogant or wretched.
Wabarran biwalidatee walam yajAAalneejabbaran shaqiyya
“And peace be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I am raised up alive!”
Wassalamu AAalayya yawmawulidtu wayawma amootu wayawma obAAathu hayya
(That is Jesus, son of Mary — the word of truth concerning which they doubt.
Thalika AAeesa ibnu maryamaqawla alhaqqi allathee feehi yamtaroon
It is not for God to take a son. Glory be to Him! When He decrees a matter, He but says to it: “Be thou,” and it is.
Ma kana lillahi anyattakhitha min waladin subhanahu itha qadaamran fa-innama yaqoolu lahu kun fayakoon
“And God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him; this is a straight path.”
Wa-inna Allaha rabbee warabbukum faAAbudoohuhatha siratun mustaqeem
Then the parties differed among themselves; then woe to those who ignore warning from the meeting of a tremendous day.
Fakhtalafa al-ahzabumin baynihim fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min mashhadiyawmin AAatheem
How they hear and how they see the day they come to Us! But the wrongdoers are this day in manifest error.
AsmiAA bihim waabsir yawma ya/toonanalakini aththalimoona alyawmafee dalalin mubeen
And warn thou them of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; but they are in heedlessness, and they do not believe.
Waanthirhum yawma alhasrati ithqudiya al-amru wahum fee ghaflatin wahum layu/minoon
We will inherit the earth and whoso is thereon, and to Us will they be returned.
Inna nahnu narithu al-ardawaman AAalayha wa-ilayna yurjaAAoon
And remember thou in the Writ Abraham: — he was a man of truth and a prophet.
Wathkur fee alkitabiibraheema innahu kana siddeeqan nabiyya
When he said to his father: “O my father: why servest thou what neither hears nor sees, nor can avail thee anything?”
Ith qala li-abeehi yaabati lima taAAbudu ma la yasmaAAu wala yubsiruwala yughnee AAanka shay-a
“O my father: there has come to me knowledge that has come not to thee, so follow thou me; I will lead thee to an even path.”
Ya abati innee qad jaanee minaalAAilmi ma lam ya/tika fattabiAAnee ahdika siratansawiyya
“O my father: serve thou not the satan; the satan is to the Almighty defiant.”
Ya abati la taAAbudi ashshaytanainna ashshaytana kana lirrahmaniAAasiyya
“O my father: I fear lest there touch thee a punishment from the Almighty, and thou be an ally to the satan.”
Ya abati innee akhafu anyamassaka AAathabun mina arrahmanifatakoona lishshyatani waliyya
Said he: “Art thou averse to my gods, O Abraham? If thou cease not, I will stone thee; so depart thou from me a good while.”
Qala araghibun anta AAan alihateeya ibraheemu la-in lam tantahi laarjumannaka wahjurneemaliyya
He said: “Peace be upon thee! I will ask forgiveness for thee of my Lord; He is gracious towards me.
Qala salamun AAalaykasaastaghfiru laka rabbee innahu kana bee hafiyya
“And I will withdraw from you and that to which you call besides God, and I will call to my Lord; it may be that I will not in my call to my Lord be wretched.”
WaaAAtazilukum wama tadAAoona mindooni Allahi waadAAoo rabbee AAasa allaakoona biduAAa-i rabbee shaqiyya
So when he had withdrawn from them, and what they served besides God, We gave him Isaac and Jacob; and each We made a prophet.
Falamma iAAtazalahum wamayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi wahabna lahu ishaqawayaAAqooba wakullan jaAAalna nabiyya
And We gave to them of Our mercy, and We made for them a tongue of truthfulness exalted.
Wawahabna lahum min rahmatinawajaAAalna lahum lisana sidqin AAaliyya
And remember thou in the Writ Moses: — he was sincere, and was a messenger and a prophet.
Wathkur fee alkitabimoosa innahu kana mukhlasan wakanarasoolan nabiyya
And We called to him from the right side of the mount, and brought him near in private conference.
Wanadaynahu min janibiattoori al-aymani waqarrabnahu najiyya
And We gave him, of Our mercy, his brother Aaron, a prophet.
Wawahabna lahu min rahmatinaakhahu haroona nabiyya
And remember thou in the Writ Ishmael: — He was true to the promise — and he was a messenger and a prophet;
Wathkur fee alkitabiismaAAeela innahu kana sadiqa alwaAAdi wakanarasoolan nabiyya
He enjoined upon his people the duty and the purity, and was pleasing in the sight of his Lord.
Wakana ya/muru ahlahu bissalatiwazzakati wakana AAinda rabbihi mardiyya
And remember thou in the Writ Idrīs: — he was a man of truth and a prophet.
Wathkur fee alkitabiidreesa innahu kana siddeeqan nabiyya
And We raised him to a high station.
WarafaAAnahu makanan AAaliyya
Those are they whom God favoured among the prophets of the progeny of Adam, and of those We bore with Noah, and of the progeny of Abraham and Israel, and of those We guided and chose. When the proofs of the Almighty were recited to them, they fell down in submission weeping.
Ola-ika allatheena anAAama AllahuAAalayhim mina annabiyyeena min thurriyyati adamawamimman hamalna maAAa noohin wamin thurriyyatiibraheema wa-isra-eela wamimman hadayna wajtabaynaitha tutla AAalayhim ayatu arrahmanikharroo sujjadan wabukiyya
But there succeeded them successors who caused the duty to be lost, and followed lusts; they will meet with error
Fakhalafa min baAAdihim khalfun adaAAooassalata wattabaAAoo ashshahawatifasawfa yalqawna ghayya
Save he who repents and believes and works righteousness, for those will enter the Garden, and they will not be wronged in anything:
Illa man taba waamanawaAAamila salihan faola-ika yadkhuloonaaljannata wala yuthlamoona shay-a
(Gardens of perpetual abode that the Almighty has promised His servants in the Unseen — His promise is to come to pass.
Jannati AAadnin allatee waAAada arrahmanuAAibadahu bighaybi innahu kana waAAduhuma/tiyya
They will hear therein no vain speech; only: “Peace!” And they will have therein provision morning and evening.)
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwanilla salaman walahum rizquhum feeha bukratanwaAAashiyya
That is the Garden which We cause those to inherit among Our servants who are in prudent fear.
Tilka aljannatu allatee noorithu min AAibadinaman kana taqiyya
“And we come down only by command of thy Lord. Unto Him belongs what is before us, and what following us, and what is in-between; and never is thy Lord forgetful,
Wama natanazzalu illa bi-amrirabbika lahu ma bayna aydeena wama khalfanawama bayna thalika wama kana rabbukanasiyya
“Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and what is between them; so serve thou Him, and be thou steadfast in His service; knowest thou one named like Him?”
Rabbu assamawati wal-ardiwama baynahuma faAAbudhu wastabirliAAibadatihi hal taAAlamu lahu samiyya
And man says: “When I am dead, am I then to be brought forth alive?”
Wayaqoolu al-insanu a-itha mamittu lasawfa okhraju hayya
Does not man remember that We created him before, when he was nothing?
Awa la yathkuru al-insanuanna khalaqnahu min qablu walam yaku shay-a
Then, by thy Lord, will We gather them and the satans! Then will We bring them to be present round about Gehenna on bended knee;
Fawarabbika lanahshurannahum washshayateenathumma lanuhdirannahum hawla jahannama jithiyya
Then will We extract from every sect those of them most severe towards the Almighty in disdain;
Thumma lananziAAanna min kulli sheeAAatinayyuhum ashaddu AAala arrahmaniAAitiyya
Then will We best know those most worthy to be burned therein.
Thumma lanahnu aAAlamu billatheenahum awla biha siliyya
And there is not one of you save will arrive at it; that is upon thy Lord an inevitability decreed.
Wa-in minkum illa wariduhakana AAala rabbika hatman maqdiyya
Then will We deliver those who were in prudent fear, and leave the wrongdoers therein on bended knee.
Thumma nunajjee allatheena ittaqawwanatharu aththalimeena feehajithiyya
And when Our proofs are recited to them as clear signs, those who ignore warning say to those who heed warning: “Which of the two factions is better in standing and better in assembly?”
Wa-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatunabayyinatin qala allatheena kafaroo lillatheenaamanoo ayyu alfareeqayni khayrun maqaman waahsanunadiyya
But how many a generation We destroyed before them which was better in possessions and outward appearance!
Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin humahsanu athathan wari/ya
Say thou: “Whoso is in error — no matter the extent the Almighty extends for him — when they have seen what they are promised, whether it be the punishment or the Hour, then will they know who is worse in position and weaker in force.”
Qul man kana fee addalalatifalyamdud lahu arrahmanu maddan hattaitha raaw ma yooAAadoona imma alAAathabawa-imma assaAAata fasayaAAlamoona man huwasharrun makanan waadAAafu junda
And God increases those who were guided in guidance; and the enduring things — the righteous deeds — are better with thy Lord as reward, and better as recourse.
Wayazeedu Allahu allatheenaihtadaw hudan walbaqiyatu assalihatukhayrun AAinda rabbika thawaban wakhayrun maradda
Hast thou then seen him who denies Our proofs and says: “I will be given wealth and children”?
Afaraayta allathee kafara bi-ayatinawaqala laootayanna malan wawalada
Has he looked into the Unseen, or taken a covenant with the Almighty?
AttalaAAa alghayba ami ittakhathaAAinda arrahmani AAahda
No, indeed! We will write down what he says, and extend for him the punishment greatly.
Kalla sanaktubu ma yaqooluwanamuddu lahu mina alAAathabi madda
And We will inherit from him what he says; and he will come to Us alone.
Wanarithuhu ma yaqoolu waya/teenafarda
And they have taken gods, besides God, that they might be for them an honour.
Wattakhathoo min dooni Allahialihatan liyakoonoo lahum AAizza
No, indeed! They will deny their service, and be a foe to them.
Kalla sayakfuroona biAAibadatihimwayakoonoona AAalayhim didda
Dost thou not see that We send the satans upon the false claimers of guidance, inciting them ever onwards?
Alam tara anna arsalna ashshayateenaAAala alkafireena taozzuhum azza
So hasten thou not against them; We but number for them a number.
Fala taAAjal AAalayhim innamanaAAuddu lahum AAadda
(The day We gather those of prudent fear to the Almighty as a crowd of honoured guests
Yawma nahshuru almuttaqeena ilaarrahmani wafda
And drive the lawbreakers to Gehenna as a destination,
Wanasooqu almujrimeena ila jahannamawirda
They will have no power of intercession save he who has taken a covenant with the Almighty.
La yamlikoona ashshafaAAatailla mani ittakhatha AAinda arrahmaniAAahda
And they say: “The Almighty has taken a son.”
Waqaloo ittakhatha arrahmanuwalada
The heavens are nigh rent therefrom, and the earth split open, and the mountains fallen in destruction
Takadu assamawatuyatafattarna minhu watanshaqqu al-ardu watakhirrualjibalu hadda
That they urge upon the Almighty a son
An daAAaw lirrahmaniwalada
When it behoves not the Almighty to take a son;
Wama yanbaghee lirrahmanian yattakhitha walada
There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes to the Almighty as a servant.)
In kullu man fee assamawatiwal-ardi illa atee arrahmaniAAabda
He has counted them; and He numbered them exactly.
Laqad ahsahum waAAaddahum AAadda
And each of them will come to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone.
Wakulluhum ateehi yawma alqiyamatifarda
Those who heed warning and do righteous deeds — the Almighty will appoint for them love.
Inna allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati sayajAAalu lahumu arrahmanuwudda
And We have made it easy in thy tongue, only that thou bear glad tidings therewith to those of prudent fear, and thou warn therewith a contentious people.
Fa-innama yassarnahu bilisanikalitubashshira bihi almuttaqeena watunthira bihi qawmanludda
And how many a generation We destroyed before them! Perceivest thou any one of them, or hearest thou from them a sound?
Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin haltuhissu minhum min ahadin aw tasmaAAu lahum rikza