Surah Maryam








K.H.Y.S.
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A recitation of the mercy of your Lord on the devotee Zacharias.
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He called on his Lord with a secret cry,
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saying, “My Lord, my bones have become feeble, and my hair has turned white, but I have never been disappointed in praying to You.
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“Now I fear my relatives after me, as my wife is barren. So give me a son from You,
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“who will be my heir, and succeed to the lineage of Jacob. And, my Lord, make him acceptable.
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“O Zacharias: We bring you good news of a son, whose name will be John — Yahya, ‘He Lines’— We have not attributed it as a namesake before.”
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He said, “My Lord, how will I have a son when my wife is barren and I have become decrepit with age?”
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“It will be so: your Lord says that is easy for Me, since I created you before, when you had been nothing.”
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“My Lord, give me a sign.” “Your sign shall be that you not speak to people for three nights in a row.”
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