019surah
Translation by
T. Usmani (Change)
Surah Info

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Kāf, Hā Yā, ‘Ain, Sād
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This is a narration of your Lord’s mercy to His servant Zakariyyā,
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When he called his Lord in a low voice.
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He said, “My Lord, I am in a state that bones in my body have turned feeble, and the head has flared up grey with old age, and I never remained, My Lord, unanswered in my prayer to You.
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I fear (my) kinsmen after me, and my wife is barren, so bless me with an heir, from Your own side,
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who inherits me and inherits the house of Ya‘qūb. And make him, My Lord, a favourite one.”
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(Allah said) “O Zakariyyā, We give you the good news of a boy whose name is YaHyā. We did not create any one before him of the same name.”
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He Said, “My Lord, how shall there be a boy for me while my wife is barren, and I have reached the extreme of old age?”
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He said, “So it is; your Lord said ‘it is easy for Me, and I did create you before, when you were nothing.’”
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He said, “My Lord, make for me a sign.” He said, “Your sign is that you will not (be able to) speak to the people for three (consecutive) nights, even though you will be sound in health.”
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Then he came out to his people from the place of prayer, and directed them by gestures to proclaim the purity of Allah at morning and evening.
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(When the child was born, Allah said to him,) “O YaHyā, hold on to the Book firmly.” And We gave him wisdom, while he was still a child,
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and (blessed him with) love from our own, and purity; and he was God-fearing,
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and he was good to his parents; and he was not oppressive (or) disobedient.
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Peace on him the day he was born, the day he dies and the day he will be raised alive.
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And mention in the Book (the story of) Maryam, when she secluded herself from her people to a place towards East,
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then she used a barrier to hide herself from them. Then, We sent to her Our Spirit, (Jibra’īl) and he took before her the form of a perfect human being.
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