1. Kaf. Ha. Ya. Ain. Saad.
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2. (This is) a recital of the Mercy of your Lord to His servant Zakariya.
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3. Behold! he cried to his Lord in secret,
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4. Praying: "O my Lord! Infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair of my head glistens with grey: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, in my prayer to You!
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5. "Now I fear (what) my relatives (and colleagues) (will do) after me: but my wife is barren: so give me an heir as from Yourself, ¬
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6. "(One that) will (truly) represent me, and represent the posterity of Jacob; and make him, O my Lord! one with whom You are well-pleased!"
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7. (His prayer was answered): "O Zakariya! We give you good news of a son: his name shall be Yahya: on none by that name We have conferred distinction before."
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8. He said: "O my Lord! how shall I have a son, when my wife is barren and I have grown quite decrepit .from old age?"
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9. He said: "So (it will be): your Lord says, 'That is easy for Me: I indeed created you before, when you had been nothing!'"
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10. (Zakariya) said: "O my Lord! give me a Sign." "Your Sign," was the answer "shall be that you shall speak to no man for three nights, although you are not dumb."
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11. So Zakariya came out to his people from his chamber: he told them by signs to celebrate Allah's praises in the morning and in the evening.
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12. (To his son came the command): "O Yahya! take hold of the Book with might": and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth,
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13. And pity (for all creatures) as from Us, and purity: he was devout,
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14. And kind to his parents, and he was not overbearing or rebellious.
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15. So Peace on him the day he was born, the day that he dies, and the day that he will be raised up to life (again)!
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