In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
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YUSUFALI: Kaf. Ha. Ya. 'Ain. Sad.
PICKTHAL: Kaf. Ha. Ya. A'in. Sad.
SHAKIR: Kaf Ha Ya Ain Suad.
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YUSUFALI: (This is) a recital of the Mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zakariya.
PICKTHAL: A mention of the mercy of thy Lord unto His servant Zachariah.
SHAKIR: A mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zakariya.
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YUSUFALI: Behold! he cried to his Lord in secret,
PICKTHAL: When he cried unto his Lord a cry in secret,
SHAKIR: When he called upon his Lord in a low voice,
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YUSUFALI: Praying: "O my Lord! infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair of my head doth glisten with grey: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, in my prayer to Thee!
PICKTHAL: 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.
SHAKIR: He said: My Lord! surely my bones are weakened and my head flares with hoariness, and, my Lord! I have never been unsuccessful in my prayer to Thee:
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YUSUFALI: "Now I fear (what) my relatives (and colleagues) (will do) after me: but my wife is barren: so give me an heir as from Thyself,-
PICKTHAL: Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor
SHAKIR: And surely I fear my cousins after me, and my wife is barren, therefore grant me from Thyself an heir,
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YUSUFALI: "(One that) will (truly) represent me, and represent the posterity of Jacob; and make him, O my Lord! one with whom Thou art well-pleased!"
PICKTHAL: Who shall inherit of me and inherit (also) of the house of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, acceptable (unto Thee).
SHAKIR: Who should inherit me and inherit from the children of Yaqoub, and make him, my Lord, one in whom Thou art well pleased.
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YUSUFALI: (His prayer was answered): "O Zakariya! We give thee good news of a son: His name shall be Yahya: on none by that name have We conferred distinction before."
PICKTHAL: (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).
SHAKIR: O Zakariya! surely We give you good news of a boy whose name shall be Yahya: We have not made before anyone his equal.
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YUSUFALI: He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren and I have grown quite decrepit from old age?"
PICKTHAL: He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached infirm old age?
SHAKIR: He said: O my Lord! when shall I have a son, and my wife is barren, and I myself have reached indeed the extreme degree of old age?
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YUSUFALI: He said: "So (it will be) thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: I did indeed create thee before, when thou hadst been nothing!'"
PICKTHAL: He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me, even as I created thee before, when thou wast naught.
SHAKIR: He said: So shall it be, your Lord says: It is easy to Me, and indeed I created you before, when you were nothing.
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YUSUFALI: (Zakariya) said: "O my Lord! give me a Sign." "Thy Sign," was the answer, "Shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three nights, although thou art not dumb."
PICKTHAL: 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.
SHAKIR: He said: My Lord! give me a sign. He said: Your sign is that you will not be able to speak to the people three nights while in sound health.
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YUSUFALI: So Zakariya came out to his people from him chamber: He told them by signs to celebrate Allah's praises in the morning and in the evening.
PICKTHAL: 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.
SHAKIR: So he went forth to his people from his place of worship, then he made known to them that they should glorify (Allah) morning and evening.
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YUSUFALI: (To his son came the command): "O Yahya! take hold of the Book with might": and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth,
PICKTHAL: (And it was said unto his son): O John! Hold fast the Scripture. And we gave him wisdom when a child,
SHAKIR: O Yahya! take hold of the Book with strength, and We granted him wisdom while yet a child
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YUSUFALI: And piety (for all creatures) as from Us, and purity: He was devout,
PICKTHAL: And compassion from Our presence, and purity; and he was devout,
SHAKIR: And tenderness from Us and purity, and he was one who guarded (against evil),
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YUSUFALI: And kind to his parents, and he was not overbearing or rebellious.
PICKTHAL: And dutiful toward his parents. And he was not arrogant, rebellious.
SHAKIR: And dutiful to his parents, and he was not insolent, disobedient.
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YUSUFALI: So Peace on him the day he was born, the day that he dies, and the day that he will be raised up to life (again)!
PICKTHAL: Peace on him the day he was born, and the day he dieth and the day he shall be raised alive!
SHAKIR: And peace on him on the day he was born, and on the day he dies, and on the day he is raised to life
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YUSUFALI: Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East.
PICKTHAL: And make mention of Mary in the Scripture, when she had withdrawn from her people to a chamber looking East,
SHAKIR: And mention Marium in the Book when she drew aside from her family to an eastern place;
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YUSUFALI: She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent her our angel, and he appeared before her as a man in all respects.
PICKTHAL: And had chosen seclusion from them. Then We sent unto her Our Spirit and it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man.
SHAKIR: So she took a veil (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her Our spirit, and there appeared to her a well-made man.
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YUSUFALI: She said: "I seek refuge from thee to (Allah) Most Gracious: (come not near) if thou dost fear Allah."
PICKTHAL: She said: Lo! I seek refuge in the Beneficent One from thee, if thou art Allah-fearing.
SHAKIR: She said: Surely I fly for refuge from you to the Beneficent Allah, if you are one guarding (against evil).
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YUSUFALI: He said: "Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to announce) to thee the gift of a holy son.
PICKTHAL: He said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless son.
SHAKIR: He said: I am only a messenger of your Lord: That I will give you a pure boy.
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YUSUFALI: She said: "How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?"
PICKTHAL: She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste?
SHAKIR: She said: When shall I have a boy and no mortal has yet touched me, nor have
I been unchaste?
