Mary · Surah 19

Kaf. Ha. Ya. A'in. Sad

A mention of the mercy of thy Lord unto His servant Zachariah

When he cried unto his Lord a cry in secret

Saying: My Lord! Lo! the bones of me wax feeble and my head is shining with grey hair, and I have never been unblest in prayer to Thee, my Lord

Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor

Who shall inherit of me and inherit (also) of the house of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, acceptable (unto Thee)

(It was said unto him): O Zachariah! Lo! We bring thee tidings of a son whose name is John; we have given the same name to none before (him)

He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached infirm old age

He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me, even as I created thee before, when thou wast naught

He said: My Lord! Appoint for me some token. He said: Thy token is that thou, with no bodily defect, shalt not speak unto mankind three nights

Then he came forth unto his people from the sanctuary, and signified to them: Glorify your Lord at break of day and fall of night

(And it was said unto his son): O John! Hold fast the Scripture. And we gave him wisdom when a child

And compassion from Our presence, and purity; and he was devout

And dutiful toward his parents. And he was not arrogant, rebellious

Peace on him the day he was born, and the day he dieth and the day he shall be raised alive

And make mention of Mary in the Scripture, when she had withdrawn from her people to a chamber looking East

And had chosen seclusion from them. Then We sent unto her Our Spirit and it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man

She said: Lo! I seek refuge in the Beneficent One from thee, if thou art Allah-fearing

He said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless son

She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste

He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me. And (it will be) that We may make of him a revelation for mankind and a mercy from Us, and it is a thing ordained

And she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place

And the pangs of childbirth drove her unto the trunk of the palm-tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died ere this and had become a thing of naught, forgotten

Then (one) cried unto her from below her, saying: Grieve not! Thy Lord hath placed a rivulet beneath thee

And shake the trunk of the palm-tree toward thee, thou wilt cause ripe dates to fall upon thee

So eat and drink and be consoled. And if thou meetest any mortal, say: Lo! I have vowed a fast unto the Beneficent, and may not speak this day to any mortal

Then she brought him to her own folk, carrying him. They said: O Mary! Thou hast come with an amazing thing

O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot

Then she pointed to him. They said: How can we talk to one who is in the cradle, a young boy

He spake: Lo! I am the slave of Allah. He hath given me the Scripture and hath appointed me a Prophet

And hath made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and hath enjoined upon me prayer and almsgiving so long as I remain alive

And (hath made me) dutiful toward her who bore me, and hath not made me arrogant, unblest

Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive

Such was Jesus, son of Mary: (this is) a statement of the truth concerning which they doubt

It befitteth not (the Majesty of) Allah that He should take unto Himself a son. Glory be to Him! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is

And lo! Allah is my Lord and your Lord. So serve Him. That is the right path

The sects among them differ: but woe unto the disbelievers from the meeting of an awful Day

See and hear them on the Day they come unto Us! yet the evil-doers are to-day in error manifest

And warn them of the Day of anguish when the case hath been decided. Now they are in a state of carelessness, and they believe not

Lo! We, only We, inherit the earth and all who are thereon, and unto Us they are returned