19 - Surah Maryam مريم

Kaf, Ha, Ya, 'Ayn, Sad.

kaf-ha-ya-ain-sad

[This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah

dhik'ru raḥmati rabbika ʿabdahu zakariyyā

When he called to his Lord a private supplication.

idh nādā rabbahu nidāan khafiyyan

He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy.

qāla rabbi innī wahana l-ʿaẓmu minnī wa-ish'taʿala l-rasu shayban walam akun biduʿāika rabbi shaqiyyan

And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

wa-innī khif'tu l-mawāliya min warāī wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran fahab lī min ladunka waliyyan

Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]."

yarithunī wayarithu min āli yaʿqūba wa-ij'ʿalhu rabbi raḍiyyan

[He was told], "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name."

yāzakariyyā innā nubashiruka bighulāmin us'muhu yaḥyā lam najʿal lahu min qablu samiyyan

He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"

qāla rabbi annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran waqad balaghtu mina l-kibari ʿitiyyan

[An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.' "

qāla kadhālika qāla rabbuka huwa ʿalayya hayyinun waqad khalaqtuka min qablu walam taku shayan

[Zechariah] said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights, [being] sound."

qāla rabbi ij'ʿal lī āyatan qāla āyatuka allā tukallima l-nāsa thalātha layālin sawiyyan

So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allah] in the morning and afternoon.

fakharaja ʿalā qawmihi mina l-miḥ'rābi fa-awḥā ilayhim an sabbiḥū buk'ratan waʿashiyyan

[Allah] said, "O John, take the Scripture with determination." And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy

yāyaḥyā khudhi l-kitāba biquwwatin waātaynāhu l-ḥuk'ma ṣabiyyan

And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allah

waḥanānan min ladunnā wazakatan wakāna taqiyyan

And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant.

wabarran biwālidayhi walam yakun jabbāran ʿaṣiyyan

And peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive.

wasalāmun ʿalayhi yawma wulida wayawma yamūtu wayawma yub'ʿathu ḥayyan

And mention, [O Muhammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.

wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi maryama idhi intabadhat min ahlihā makānan sharqiyyan

And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel, and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man.

fa-ittakhadhat min dūnihim ḥijāban fa-arsalnā ilayhā rūḥanā fatamathala lahā basharan sawiyyan

She said, "Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allah."

qālat innī aʿūdhu bil-raḥmāni minka in kunta taqiyyan

He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."

qāla innamā anā rasūlu rabbiki li-ahaba laki ghulāman zakiyyan

She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"

qālat annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun walam yamsasnī basharun walam aku baghiyyan

He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.' "

qāla kadhāliki qāla rabbuki huwa ʿalayya hayyinun walinajʿalahu āyatan lilnnāsi waraḥmatan minnā wakāna amran maqḍiyyan

So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place.

faḥamalathu fa-intabadhat bihi makānan qaṣiyyan

And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."

fa-ajāahā l-makhāḍu ilā jidh'ʿi l-nakhlati qālat yālaytanī mittu qabla hādhā wakuntu nasyan mansiyyan

But he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.

fanādāhā min taḥtihā allā taḥzanī qad jaʿala rabbuki taḥtaki sariyyan

And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates.

wahuzzī ilayki bijidh'ʿi l-nakhlati tusāqiṭ ʿalayki ruṭaban janiyyan

So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.' "

fakulī wa-ish'rabī waqarrī ʿaynan fa-immā tarayinna mina l-bashari aḥadan faqūlī innī nadhartu lilrraḥmāni ṣawman falan ukallima l-yawma insiyyan

Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.

fa-atat bihi qawmahā taḥmiluhu qālū yāmaryamu laqad ji'ti shayan fariyyan

O sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."

yāukh'ta hārūna mā kāna abūki im'ra-a sawin wamā kānat ummuki baghiyyan

So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"

fa-ashārat ilayhi qālū kayfa nukallimu man kāna fī l-mahdi ṣabiyyan

[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet.

qāla innī ʿabdu l-lahi ātāniya l-kitāba wajaʿalanī nabiyyan

And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah as long as I remain alive

wajaʿalanī mubārakan ayna mā kuntu wa-awṣānī bil-ṣalati wal-zakati mā dum'tu ḥayyan

And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant.

wabarran biwālidatī walam yajʿalnī jabbāran shaqiyyan

And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive."

wal-salāmu ʿalayya yawma wulidttu wayawma amūtu wayawma ub'ʿathu ḥayyan

That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute.

dhālika ʿīsā ub'nu maryama qawla l-ḥaqi alladhī fīhi yamtarūna

It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

mā kāna lillahi an yattakhidha min waladin sub'ḥānahu idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu

[Jesus said], "And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path."

wa-inna l-laha rabbī warabbukum fa-uʿ'budūhu hādhā ṣirāṭun mus'taqīmun

Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day.

fa-ikh'talafa l-aḥzābu min baynihim fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū min mashhadi yawmin ʿaẓīmin

How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.

asmiʿ bihim wa-abṣir yawma yatūnanā lākini l-ẓālimūna l-yawma fī ḍalālin mubīnin

And warn them, [O Muhammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe.

wa-andhir'hum yawma l-ḥasrati idh quḍiya l-amru wahum fī ghaflatin wahum lā yu'minūna

Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned.

innā naḥnu narithu l-arḍa waman ʿalayhā wa-ilaynā yur'jaʿūna

And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi ib'rāhīma innahu kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyan

[Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

idh qāla li-abīhi yāabati lima taʿbudu mā lā yasmaʿu walā yub'ṣiru walā yugh'nī ʿanka shayan

O my father, indeed there has come to me of knowledge that which has not come to you, so follow me; I will guide you to an even path.

yāabati innī qad jāanī mina l-ʿil'mi mā lam yatika fa-ittabiʿ'nī ahdika ṣirāṭan sawiyyan

O my father, do not worship Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.

yāabati lā taʿbudi l-shayṭāna inna l-shayṭāna kāna lilrraḥmāni ʿaṣiyyan

O my father, indeed I fear that there will touch you a punishment from the Most Merciful so you would be to Satan a companion [in Hellfire]."

yāabati innī akhāfu an yamassaka ʿadhābun mina l-raḥmāni fatakūna lilshayṭāni waliyyan

[His father] said, "Have you no desire for my gods, O Abraham? If you do not desist, I will surely stone you, so avoid me a prolonged time."

qāla arāghibun anta ʿan ālihatī yāib'rāhīmu la-in lam tantahi la-arjumannaka wa-uh'jur'nī maliyyan

[Abraham] said, "Peace will be upon you. I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me.

qāla salāmun ʿalayka sa-astaghfiru laka rabbī innahu kāna bī ḥafiyyan

And I will leave you and those you invoke other than Allah and will invoke my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy."

wa-aʿtazilukum wamā tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi wa-adʿū rabbī ʿasā allā akūna biduʿāi rabbī shaqiyyan

So when he had left them and those they worshipped other than Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each [of them] We made a prophet.

falammā iʿ'tazalahum wamā yaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi wahabnā lahu is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba wakullan jaʿalnā nabiyyan

And We gave them of Our mercy, and we made for them a reputation of high honor.

wawahabnā lahum min raḥmatinā wajaʿalnā lahum lisāna ṣid'qin ʿaliyyan

And mention in the Book, Moses. Indeed, he was chosen, and he was a messenger and a prophet.

wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi mūsā innahu kāna mukh'laṣan wakāna rasūlan nabiyyan

And We called him from the side of the mount at [his] right and brought him near, confiding [to him].

wanādaynāhu min jānibi l-ṭūri l-aymani waqarrabnāhu najiyyan

And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron as a prophet.

wawahabnā lahu min raḥmatinā akhāhu hārūna nabiyyan

And mention in the Book, Ishmael. Indeed, he was true to his promise, and he was a messenger and a prophet.

wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi is'māʿīla innahu kāna ṣādiqa l-waʿdi wakāna rasūlan nabiyyan

And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakah and was to his Lord pleasing.

wakāna yamuru ahlahu bil-ṣalati wal-zakati wakāna ʿinda rabbihi marḍiyyan

And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi id'rīsa innahu kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyan

And We raised him to a high station.

warafaʿnāhu makānan ʿaliyyan

Those were the ones upon whom Allah bestowed favor from among the prophets of the descendants of Adam and of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel, and of those whom We guided and chose. When the verses of the Most Merciful were recited to them, they fell in prostration and weeping.

ulāika alladhīna anʿama l-lahu ʿalayhim mina l-nabiyīna min dhurriyyati ādama wamimman ḥamalnā maʿa nūḥin wamin dhurriyyati ib'rāhīma wa-is'rāīla wamimman hadaynā wa-ij'tabaynā idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātu l-raḥmāni kharrū sujjadan wabukiyyan

But there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -

fakhalafa min baʿdihim khalfun aḍāʿū l-ṣalata wa-ittabaʿū l-shahawāti fasawfa yalqawna ghayyan

Except those who repent, believe and do righteousness; for those will enter Paradise and will not be wronged at all.

illā man tāba waāmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-ulāika yadkhulūna l-janata walā yuẓ'lamūna shayan

[Therein are] gardens of perpetual residence which the Most Merciful has promised His servants in the unseen. Indeed, His promise has ever been coming.

jannāti ʿadnin allatī waʿada l-raḥmānu ʿibādahu bil-ghaybi innahu kāna waʿduhu matiyyan

They will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon.

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan illā salāman walahum riz'quhum fīhā buk'ratan waʿashiyyan

That is Paradise, which We give as inheritance to those of Our servants who were fearing of Allah.

til'ka l-janatu allatī nūrithu min ʿibādinā man kāna taqiyyan

[Gabriel said], "And we [angels] descend not except by the order of your Lord. To Him belongs that before us and that behind us and what is in between. And never is your Lord forgetful -

wamā natanazzalu illā bi-amri rabbika lahu mā bayna aydīnā wamā khalfanā wamā bayna dhālika wamā kāna rabbuka nasiyyan

Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them - so worship Him and have patience for His worship. Do you know of any similarity to Him?"

rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā fa-uʿ'bud'hu wa-iṣ'ṭabir liʿibādatihi hal taʿlamu lahu samiyyan

And the disbeliever says, "When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?"

wayaqūlu l-insānu a-idhā mā mittu lasawfa ukh'raju ḥayyan

Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?

awalā yadhkuru l-insānu annā khalaqnāhu min qablu walam yaku shayan

So by your Lord, We will surely gather them and the devils; then We will bring them to be present around Hell upon their knees.

fawarabbika lanaḥshurannahum wal-shayāṭīna thumma lanuḥ'ḍirannahum ḥawla jahannama jithiyyan

Then We will surely extract from every sect those of them who were worst against the Most Merciful in insolence.

thumma lananziʿanna min kulli shīʿatin ayyuhum ashaddu ʿalā l-raḥmāni ʿitiyyan

Then, surely it is We who are most knowing of those most worthy of burning therein.

thumma lanaḥnu aʿlamu bi-alladhīna hum awlā bihā ṣiliyyan

And there is none of you except he will come to it. This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed.

wa-in minkum illā wāriduhā kāna ʿalā rabbika ḥatman maqḍiyyan

Then We will save those who feared Allah and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees.

thumma nunajjī alladhīna ittaqaw wanadharu l-ẓālimīna fīhā jithiyyan

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Which of [our] two parties is best in position and best in association?"

wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin qāla alladhīna kafarū lilladhīna āmanū ayyu l-farīqayni khayrun maqāman wa-aḥsanu nadiyyan

And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance?

wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum aḥsanu athāthan wari'yan

Say, "Whoever is in error - let the Most Merciful extend for him an extension [in wealth and time] until, when they see that which they were promised - either punishment [in this world] or the Hour [of resurrection] - they will come to know who is worst in position and weaker in soldiers."

qul man kāna fī l-ḍalālati falyamdud lahu l-raḥmānu maddan ḥattā idhā ra-aw mā yūʿadūna immā l-ʿadhāba wa-immā l-sāʿata fasayaʿlamūna man huwa sharrun makānan wa-aḍʿafu jundan

And Allah increases those who were guided, in guidance, and the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for recourse.

wayazīdu l-lahu alladhīna ih'tadaw hudan wal-bāqiyātu l-ṣāliḥātu khayrun ʿinda rabbika thawāban wakhayrun maraddan

Then, have you seen he who disbelieved in Our verses and said, "I will surely be given wealth and children [in the next life]?"

afara-ayta alladhī kafara biāyātinā waqāla laūtayanna mālan wawaladan

Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?

aṭṭalaʿa l-ghayba ami ittakhadha ʿinda l-raḥmāni ʿahdan

No! We will record what he says and extend for him from the punishment extensively.

kallā sanaktubu mā yaqūlu wanamuddu lahu mina l-ʿadhābi maddan

And We will inherit him [in] what he mentions, and he will come to Us alone.

wanarithuhu mā yaqūlu wayatīnā fardan

And they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor.

wa-ittakhadhū min dūni l-lahi ālihatan liyakūnū lahum ʿizzan

No! Those "gods" will deny their worship of them and will be against them opponents [on the Day of Judgement].

kallā sayakfurūna biʿibādatihim wayakūnūna ʿalayhim ḍiddan

Do you not see that We have sent the devils upon the disbelievers, inciting them to [evil] with [constant] incitement?

alam tara annā arsalnā l-shayāṭīna ʿalā l-kāfirīna ta-uzzuhum azzan

So be not impatient over them. We only count out to them a [limited] number.

falā taʿjal ʿalayhim innamā naʿuddu lahum ʿaddan

On the Day We will gather the righteous to the Most Merciful as a delegation

yawma naḥshuru l-mutaqīna ilā l-raḥmāni wafdan

And will drive the criminals to Hell in thirst

wanasūqu l-muj'rimīna ilā jahannama wir'dan

None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant.

lā yamlikūna l-shafāʿata illā mani ittakhadha ʿinda l-raḥmāni ʿahdan

And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son."

waqālū ittakhadha l-raḥmānu waladan

You have done an atrocious thing.

laqad ji'tum shayan iddan

The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation

takādu l-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna min'hu watanshaqqu l-arḍu watakhirru l-jibālu haddan

That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son.

an daʿaw lilrraḥmāni waladan

And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son.

wamā yanbaghī lilrraḥmāni an yattakhidha waladan

There is no one in the heavens and earth but that he comes to the Most Merciful as a servant.

in kullu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi illā ātī l-raḥmāni ʿabdan

He has enumerated them and counted them a [full] counting.

laqad aḥṣāhum waʿaddahum ʿaddan

And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone.

wakulluhum ātīhi yawma l-qiyāmati fardan

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - the Most Merciful will appoint for them affection.

inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti sayajʿalu lahumu l-raḥmānu wuddan

So, [O Muhammad], We have only made Qur'an easy in the Arabic language that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people.

fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika litubashira bihi l-mutaqīna watundhira bihi qawman luddan

And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?

wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hal tuḥissu min'hum min aḥadin aw tasmaʿu lahum rik'zan