Rowwad Translation Center — 305

19:1 Kāf Ha Ya ‘Ayyn Sād[1]

19:2 This is a reminder of the mercy of your Lord to His slave Zachariah,

19:3 When he called upon his Lord in private.

19:4 He said, “My Lord, my bones have grown feeble, and gray hair has spread across my head,[1] yet never have I been disappointed in my prayer to You, my Lord.

19:5 And I fear my kinsmen after me,[1] and my wife is barren; so grant me from Yourself an heir,

19:6 who will inherit [prophethood] from me and from the house of Jacob, and make him, O Lord, well pleasing to You.”

19:7 [Allah said], “O Zachariah, We give you the glad tidings of a son, whose name will be John – a name that We have not given to anyone before.”

19:8 He said, “My Lord, how can I have a son when my wife is barren, and I have reached an extremely old age?”

19:9 [The angel] said, “Thus it will be; your Lord says, ‘It is easy for Me; I did create you before when you were nothing.’”

19:10 Zachariah said, “My Lord, give me a sign.” He said, “Your sign is that you will not be able to speak to people for three nights,[1] despite being sound.”

19:11 Thereupon he came out to his people from the sanctuary and signaled to them to glorify Allah morning and evening.