كٓهٰیٰعٓصٓ۫ۚ۝۱

KAF HA YA ´AIN SAD.

ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهٗ زَكَرِیَّاۖۚ۝۲

Commemorate the beneficence of your Lord on Zachariah, His devotee,

اِذْ نَادٰی رَبَّهٗ نِدَآءً خَفِیًّا۝۳

When he called to his Lord inwardly,

قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّیْ وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّیْ وَ اشْتَعَلَ الرَّاْسُ شَیْبًا وَّ لَمْ اَكُنْۢ بِدُعَآىِٕكَ رَبِّ شَقِیًّا۝۴

And said: "O my Lord, my bones decay, my head is white and hoary, yet in calling You, O Lord, I have never been deprived.

وَ اِنِّیْ خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِیَ مِنْ وَّرَآءِیْ وَ كَانَتِ امْرَاَتِیْ عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِیْ مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ وَلِیًّاۙ۝۵

But I fear my relatives after me; and my wife is barren. So grant me a successor as a favour from You

یَّرِثُنِیْ وَ یَرِثُ مِنْ اٰلِ یَعْقُوْبَ ۖۗ وَ اجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِیًّا۝۶

Who will be heir to me, and heir to the house of Jacob; and make him obedient to You, O Lord."

یٰزَكَرِیَّاۤ اِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلٰمِ ِ۟اسْمُهٗ یَحْیٰی ۙ لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهٗ مِنْ قَبْلُ سَمِیًّا۝۷

"O Zachariah," (it was) said, "We give you good news of a son by name of John.´ To none have We attributed the name before."

قَالَ رَبِّ اَنّٰی یَكُوْنُ لِیْ غُلٰمٌ وَّ كَانَتِ امْرَاَتِیْ عَاقِرًا وَّ قَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ عِتِیًّا۝۸

"How can I have a son, O Lord" he said, "when my wife is barren and I am old and decrepit?"

قَالَ كَذٰلِكَ ۚ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَیَّ هَیِّنٌ وَّ قَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ لَمْ تَكُ شَیْـًٔا۝۹

(The angel) answered: "Thus will it be. Your Lord said: ´This is easy for Me; for when I brought you into being you were nothing.´

قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ لِّیْۤ اٰیَةً ؕ قَالَ اٰیَتُكَ اَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلٰثَ لَیَالٍ سَوِیًّا۝۱۰

He said: "O Lord, give me a token." "Though sound," He answered, "you will not talk to any one for three nights running."