English - Chapter 19 - Maryam

Kaf- Ha-Ya-'Ain-Sad

Mention of the mercy of thy Lord to His bondman Zakariyya

Recall what time he cried unto his Lord with a cry secret

He said: O my Lord! verily the bones of me have waxen feeble, and the head is glistening with hoariness, and have not yet been in my prayer to thee, my Lord, unblest

And verily I fear my kindred after me, and my wife hath been barren; so bestow on me from before Thee an heir

Inheriting me and inheriting the Children of Ya'qub; and make him, my Lord, acceptable

O Zakariyya! verily We give thee the glad tidings of a boy: his name shall be Yahya; We have not afore-time made his namesake

He said: O my Lord! in what wise shall there be for me a boy, whereas my wife hath been barren, and surely have reached an age of extreme degree

Allah said: even so! Thy Lord saith: it is unto Me easy, whereas surely I created thee afore when thou wast not aught

He said: my Lord appoint for me a sign. Allah said: thy sign is that thou shalt not speak unto mankind for three nights, while sound

Then he came forth to his people from the sanctuary, and he beckoned unto them. hallow your Lord morning and evening

O Yahya! se hold fast the book. And We vouchsafed unto him wisdom, while yet a child

And tenderness from Our presence and purity, and he was God-fearing

And duteous unto his parents, and Was not high-handed rebel

And Peace be unto him the day he was born and the day he dieth and the day he will be raised up alive

And mention thou in the Book Maryam, what time the retired from her people to a place eastward

Then she took beside them a curtain; then We sent unto her Our Spirit, and he took unto her the form of a human being sound

She said: verily seek refuge with the Compassionate from thee if thou art God-fearing

He said: I am but a meenger from thy Lord that I may bestow on thee a boy pure

She said: in what wise shall there be a boy unto me, whereas not a human being hath touched me, nor have I been a harlot

He said: even so! Thy Lord saith: it is With Me easy, and it is in order that We may make him a sign unto mankind and a mercy from Us, and it is an affair decreed

hen she conceived him, and she retired with him to a place far-off

Then the birth-pangs drave her to the trunk of a palm- tree; she said: would that had died afore this and become forgotten, lost in oblivion

Then one cried unto her from underneath her, that grieve not, thy Lord hath placed underneath thou a rivulet

And shake toward thee the trunk of the palm-tree it shall drop on thee dates fresh and ripe

So eat and drink thou, and cool thine eyes; and if thou beholdest the human beings anyone, say: verily I have vowed to the Compassionate a fast, so I shall not speak today to any human being

Then she brought him to her nation carrying him. They said: Maryam! assuredly thou hast brought a thing unheard Of

O sister of Harun: thy father was not a man of evil, nor was thy mother a harlot

Then she Pointed to him. They said: how shall we speak to one who is in the cradle, a child

He Said: verily I am a bondman of Allah; He hath vouchsafed me the Book and made me a prophet

And He hath made me blest wheresoever I may be, and enjoined on me the prayer and the poor-rate as long as I am alive

And dutecus Unto my mother, and hath not made me high- handed, unblest

And peace be on me the day was born and the day die and the day I shall be raised up alive

Such is 'lsa, son of Maryam: this Is the word of truth wherein they are doubting

Allah is not one to take to Himself a son. Hallowed be He! whensoever He decreeth an affair he only Saith to it: be, and it becometh

And verily Allah is my Lord and your Lord; so worship Him; this is a way straight

Then the sects have differed among themselves; so woe to those who disbelieve in the witness of a Day Mighty

How wondrous in their hearing and their sight will they be the Day they come unto Us! But to-day the wrong doers are in error manifest

And warn thou them of thy Day of Sighing when the affair shall have been decreed while yet they are in negligence and are not believing

Verily We! We shall inherit the earth and whatsoever is thereon: and Unto Us they shall be returned

And mention thou in the Book Ibrahim; verily he was a man of truth, a prophet

Recall what time he said unto his father:, O my father! wherefore worshippest thou that which heareth not and seeth not, nor availeth thee at all

O My father! verily there hath come to me of the knowledge which hath not come unto thee; so follow me, and I shall guide thee to a path even

O My father! worship not the satan; hath been Unto the Compassionate a rebel

O My father! verily I fear that there may touch thee a torment from the Compassionate so that thou become to the Satan a companin

He said: art thou averse to my gods, O Ibrahim? If thou desistest not, surely I shall stone thee; and depart from me for ever so long

Ibrahim said: peace be on thee! anon shall ask forgiveness of my Lord for thee; verily He is unto me ever so soicitous

And I renounce you and that unto which ye call beside Allah; and I shall call unto my Lord; belike in calling unto my Lord I shall not be unblest

Then when he had renounced them and that which they worshipped beside Allah, We best owed on him Ishaq and Yaqub and each one We made a prophet

And We bestowed on them of Our mercy, and We made for them a renown lofty

And mention thou in the Book Musa: verily he was single- hearted, and was an apostle, prophet

And We cried unto him from the right side of the mount, and We drew him nigh for whispering

And We bestowed on him, out of Our mercy, his brother Harun, a prophet

And mention thou in the Book lsma'i; verily he was true in promise, and was apostle, prophet

And he was wont to command his household to the Prayer and the poor-rate, and he was with his Lord an approved one

And mention thou in the book ldris, verily he was a man of truth, a prophet

And We exalted him to a position lofty

These are they whom Allah hath favoured, from among the prophets, of the progeny of Adam and of them whom We bare with Nuh, and of the progeny of Ibrahim and Isra'il, and of those whom We have guided and chosen; whenever the revelations of the Compassionate were rehearsed unto them, they fell down prostrating themselves and weeping

Then there succeeded to them a posterity who neglected the prayers and followed lusts; so presently they shall meet with perdition

Excepting those who may repent and believe and work righteously; these shall enter the Garden and shall not be wronged at all

Gardens Everlasting, which the Compassionate hath promised unto his bondmen, unseen; verily His premise is ever to be fulfilled

They shall not hear therein any vain word, but they shall hear only peace; and therein they shall have their provision morning and evening

Such is the Garden which We shall cause those of Our bondmen to inherit who have been God-fearing

And we descend not except by the command of thy Lord: his is whatsoever is before us and whatsoever is behind us and whatsoever is in-between; and thy Lord is not a forgetter

Lord of the heavens and the earth and that which is betwixt the twain; so Him worship thou, and endure patiently in His worship; knowest thou any as his compeer

And man saith: when I am daed, Shall I be presently brought forth alive

Remembereth not man that We created him afore when he was not aught

By thy Lord, then, We shall surely gather them and the satans; thereafter We shall surely bring them round Hell, kneeling

Thereafter, We shall surely draw aside, from each sect, whichever of them against the Compassionate were most in excess

Then surely it is We who are the Best Knower of these worthiest of being therein roasted

And not one of you but shall pass over it: it is for thy Lord an ordinance decreed

Then We shall deliver those who have feared, and shall have the wrong-doers therein kneeling

And when Our manifest revelations are rehearsed unto them, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: which of the two portions is better in station and goodlier in company

And how many a generation have We destroyed before these, who were goodlier in goods and outward appearance

Say thou: whosoever is in error--surely unto him the Compassionate lengtheneth a length, until When they behold that wherewith they were threatened, either the torment or the Hour, then they shall come to know whosoever is worse in position and weaker as an army

And Allah increaseth in guidance those who let themselves be guided, and the righteous works that last are excellent with thy Lord in respect of reward and excellent in respect of return

Hath he looked unto the Unseen, or hath he taken of the Compassionate a covenant

By no means! We shall write down that which he saith; and We shall lengthen for him of the torment a length

And We shall inherit from him that whereof he spake, and he shall come to us alone

And they have taken gods beside Allah that they might be unto them a glory

By no means! anon they shall deny their worship, and become unto them an adversary

Beholdest thou not that We have sent the satans upon the infidels inciting them by an incitement

So hasten thou not against them; We are only counting against them a counting

On the Day whereon We shall gather the God-feaing unto the Com- passionate as an embassy

And shall drive the culprits to Hell as a herd

They shall not own intercession, excepting those who have taken of the Compassionate a covenant

And they say: the Compassionate hath taken a son

Assuredly ye have brought a thing monstrous

Well-nigh the heavens are rent thereat and the earth cleft in sunder and the mountains fall down in pieces

That they should ascribe unto the Compassionate a son

And it behoveth not the Compassionate that he should take a son

None there is in the heavens and the earth but must come unto the Compassionate as a bondman

Assuredly He hath comprehanded them and counted them a full Counting

And each of them is to come to Him on the Day of Judgment alone

Verily those who believe and do righteOUs works--anon the Compassionate shall appoint for them affection

So We have made it easy in thine tongue in order that thou mayest thereby give glad tidings unto the Godfearing and warn thereby a people contentious

And how many a generation have We destroyed before them! Perceivest thou of them anyone or hear of them a whisper