Verse 19:3 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
1
كۤهیعۤصۤ ١
kaf-ha-ya-ain-sa
Kaf Ha Ya 'Ayn Sa
2
ذِكۡرُ رَحۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبۡدَهُۥ زَكَرِیَّاۤ ٢
dhik'ru raḥmati rabbika ʿabdahu zakariyy
This is an account of your Lord’s grace towards His servant, Zachariah
3
إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَاۤءً خَفِیࣰّا ٣
idh nādā rabbahu nidāan khafiyya
when he called to his Lord secretly, saying
4
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّی وَهَنَ ٱلۡعَظۡمُ مِنِّی وَٱشۡتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأۡسُ شَیۡبࣰا وَلَمۡ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَاۤىِٕكَ رَبِّ شَقِیࣰّا ٤
qāla rabbi innī wahana l-ʿaẓmu minnī wa-ish'taʿala l-rasu shayban walam akun biduʿāika rabbi shaqiyya
‘Lord, my bones have weakened and my hair is ashen grey, but never, Lord, have I ever prayed to You in vain
5
وَإِنِّی خِفۡتُ ٱلۡمَوَ ٰلِیَ مِن وَرَاۤءِی وَكَانَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتِی عَاقِرࣰا فَهَبۡ لِی مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِیࣰّا ٥
wa-innī khif'tu l-mawāliya min warāī wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran fahab lī min ladunka waliyya
I fear [what] my kinsmen [will do] when I am gone, for my wife is barren, so grant me a successor––a gift from You––
6
یَرِثُنِی وَیَرِثُ مِنۡ ءَالِ یَعۡقُوبَۖ وَٱجۡعَلۡهُ رَبِّ رَضِیࣰّا ٦
yarithunī wayarithu min āli yaʿqūba wa-ij'ʿalhu rabbi raḍiyya
to be my heir and the heir of the family of Jacob. Lord, make him well pleasing [to You].’
7
یَـٰزَكَرِیَّاۤ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ ٱسۡمُهُۥ یَحۡیَىٰ لَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُ سَمِیࣰّا ٧
yāzakariyyā innā nubashiruka bighulāmin us'muhu yaḥyā lam najʿal lahu min qablu samiyya
‘Zachariah, We bring you good news of a son whose name will be John––We have chosen this name for no one before him.’
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