Kāf, Hā, Yā, ʿAyn, Ṣād.

Kaf-ha-ya-AAayn-sad

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

Thikru rahmati rabbika AAabdahuzakariyya

When he called to his Lord a private call [i.e., supplication].

Ith nada rabbahu nidaankhafiyya

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 [i.e., disappointed].

Qala rabbi innee wahana alAAathmuminnee washtaAAala arra/su shayban walam akunbiduAAa-ika rabbi shaqiyya

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

Wa-innee khiftu almawaliya min wara-eewakanati imraatee AAaqiran fahab lee min ladunkawaliyya

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

Yarithunee wayarithu min ali yaAAqoobawajAAalhu rabbi radiyya

[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."

Ya zakariyya innanubashshiruka bighulamin ismuhu yahya lamnajAAal lahu min qablu samiyya

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

Qala rabbi anna yakoonu leeghulamun wakanati imraatee AAaqiran waqadbalaghtu mina alkibari AAitiyya

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

Qala kathalika qalarabbuka huwa AAalayya hayyinun waqad khalaqtuka min qablu walamtaku shay-a

[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."

Qala rabbi ijAAal lee ayatan qalaayatuka alla tukallima annasa thalathalayalin sawiyya

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

Fakharaja AAala qawmihi mina almihrabifaawha ilayhim an sabbihoo bukratan waAAashiyya

[Allāh said], "O John, take the Scripture [i.e., adhere to it] with determination." And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy

Ya yahya khuthialkitaba biquwwatin waataynahu alhukmasabiyya

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

Wahananan min ladunnawazakatan wakana taqiyya

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

Wabarran biwalidayhi walam yakun jabbaranAAasiyya

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

Wasalamun AAalayhi yawma wulidawayawma yamootu wayawma yubAAathu hayya

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

Wathkur fee alkitabimaryama ithi intabathat min ahliha makanansharqiyya

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

Fattakhathat min doonihim hijabanfaarsalna ilayha roohanafatamaththala laha basharan sawiyya

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

Qalat innee aAAoothu birrahmaniminka in kunta taqiyya

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

Qala innama ana rasoolurabbiki li-ahaba laki ghulaman zakiyya

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

Qalat anna yakoonu lee ghulamunwalam yamsasnee basharun walam aku baghiyya

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.'"

Qala kathaliki qalarabbuki huwa AAalayya hayyinun walinajAAalahu ayatan linnasiwarahmatan minna wakana amran maqdiyya

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

Fahamalat-hu fantabathatbihi makanan qasiyya

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."

Faajaaha almakhadu ilajithAAi annakhlati qalat ya laytaneemittu qabla hatha wakuntu nasyan mansiyya

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

Fanadaha min tahtihaalla tahzanee qad jaAAala rabbuki tahtakisariyya

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

Wahuzzee ilayki bijithAAi annakhlatitusaqit AAalayki rutaban janiyya

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.'"

Fakulee washrabee waqarree AAaynanfa-imma tarayinna mina albashari ahadan faqooleeinnee nathartu lirrahmani sawmanfalan okallima alyawma insiyya

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

Faatat bihi qawmaha tahmiluhuqaloo ya maryamu laqad ji/ti shay-an fariyya

O sister [i.e., descendant] of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."

Ya okhta haroona ma kanaabooki imraa saw-in wama kanat ommuki baghiyya

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

Faasharat ilayhi qaloo kayfanukallimu man kana fee almahdi sabiyya

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

Qala innee AAabdu Allahi ataniyaalkitaba wajaAAalanee nabiyya

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

WajaAAalanee mubarakan aynamakuntu waawsanee bissalati wazzakatima dumtu hayya

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

Wabarran biwalidatee walam yajAAalneejabbaran shaqiyya

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

Wassalamu AAalayya yawmawulidtu wayawma amootu wayawma obAAathu hayya

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

Thalika AAeesa ibnu maryamaqawla alhaqqi allathee feehi yamtaroon

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

Ma kana lillahi anyattakhitha min waladin subhanahu itha qadaamran fa-innama yaqoolu lahu kun fayakoon

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

Wa-inna Allaha rabbee warabbukum faAAbudoohuhatha siratun mustaqeem

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

Fakhtalafa al-ahzabumin baynihim fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min mashhadiyawmin AAatheem

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

AsmiAA bihim waabsir yawma ya/toonanalakini aththalimoona alyawmafee dalalin mubeen

And warn them, [O Muḥammad], 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.

Waanthirhum yawma alhasrati ithqudiya al-amru wahum fee ghaflatin wahum layu/minoon

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

Inna nahnu narithu al-ardawaman AAalayha wa-ilayna yurjaAAoon

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

Wathkur fee alkitabiibraheema innahu kana siddeeqan nabiyya

[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?

Ith qala li-abeehi yaabati lima taAAbudu ma la yasmaAAu wala yubsiruwala yughnee AAanka shay-a

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.

Ya abati innee qad jaanee minaalAAilmi ma lam ya/tika fattabiAAnee ahdika siratansawiyya

O my father, do not worship [i.e., obey] Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.

Ya abati la taAAbudi ashshaytanainna ashshaytana kana lirrahmaniAAasiyya

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]."

Ya abati innee akhafu anyamassaka AAathabun mina arrahmanifatakoona lishshyatani waliyya

[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."

Qala araghibun anta AAan alihateeya ibraheemu la-in lam tantahi laarjumannaka wahjurneemaliyya

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

Qala salamun AAalaykasaastaghfiru laka rabbee innahu kana bee hafiyya

And I will leave you and those you invoke other than Allāh and will invoke my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy [i.e., disappointed]."

WaaAAtazilukum wama tadAAoona mindooni Allahi waadAAoo rabbee AAasa allaakoona biduAAa-i rabbee shaqiyya

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

Falamma iAAtazalahum wamayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi wahabna lahu ishaqawayaAAqooba wakullan jaAAalna nabiyya

And We gave them of Our mercy, and We made for them a mention [i.e., reputation] of high honor.

Wawahabna lahum min rahmatinawajaAAalna lahum lisana sidqin AAaliyya

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

Wathkur fee alkitabimoosa innahu kana mukhlasan wakanarasoolan nabiyya

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

Wanadaynahu min janibiattoori al-aymani waqarrabnahu najiyya

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

Wawahabna lahu min rahmatinaakhahu haroona nabiyya

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

Wathkur fee alkitabiismaAAeela innahu kana sadiqa alwaAAdi wakanarasoolan nabiyya

And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakāh and was to his Lord pleasing [i.e., accepted by Him].

Wakana ya/muru ahlahu bissalatiwazzakati wakana AAinda rabbihi mardiyya

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

Wathkur fee alkitabiidreesa innahu kana siddeeqan nabiyya

And We raised him to a high station.

WarafaAAnahu makanan AAaliyya

Those were the ones upon whom Allāh 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 [i.e., Jacob], 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.

Ola-ika allatheena anAAama AllahuAAalayhim mina annabiyyeena min thurriyyati adamawamimman hamalna maAAa noohin wamin thurriyyatiibraheema wa-isra-eela wamimman hadayna wajtabaynaitha tutla AAalayhim ayatu arrahmanikharroo sujjadan wabukiyya

But there came after them successors [i.e., later generations] who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -

Fakhalafa min baAAdihim khalfun adaAAooassalata wattabaAAoo ashshahawatifasawfa yalqawna ghayya

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

Illa man taba waamanawaAAamila salihan faola-ika yadkhuloonaaljannata wala yuthlamoona shay-a

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

Jannati AAadnin allatee waAAada arrahmanuAAibadahu bighaybi innahu kana waAAduhuma/tiyya

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

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwanilla salaman walahum rizquhum feeha bukratanwaAAashiyya

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

Tilka aljannatu allatee noorithu min AAibadinaman kana taqiyya

[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 -

Wama natanazzalu illa bi-amrirabbika lahu ma bayna aydeena wama khalfanawama bayna thalika wama kana rabbukanasiyya

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 assamawati wal-ardiwama baynahuma faAAbudhu wastabirliAAibadatihi hal taAAlamu lahu samiyya

And man [i.e., the disbeliever] says, "When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?"

Wayaqoolu al-insanu a-itha mamittu lasawfa okhraju hayya

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

Awa la yathkuru al-insanuanna khalaqnahu min qablu walam yaku shay-a

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 lanahshurannahum washshayateenathumma lanuhdirannahum hawla jahannama jithiyya

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

Thumma lananziAAanna min kulli sheeAAatinayyuhum ashaddu AAala arrahmaniAAitiyya

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

Thumma lanahnu aAAlamu billatheenahum awla biha siliyya

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

Wa-in minkum illa wariduhakana AAala rabbika hatman maqdiyya

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

Thumma nunajjee allatheena ittaqawwanatharu aththalimeena feehajithiyya

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-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatunabayyinatin qala allatheena kafaroo lillatheenaamanoo ayyu alfareeqayni khayrun maqaman waahsanunadiyya

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

Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin humahsanu athathan wari/ya

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 kana fee addalalatifalyamdud lahu arrahmanu maddan hattaitha raaw ma yooAAadoona imma alAAathabawa-imma assaAAata fasayaAAlamoona man huwasharrun makanan waadAAafu junda

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

Wayazeedu Allahu allatheenaihtadaw hudan walbaqiyatu assalihatukhayrun AAinda rabbika thawaban wakhayrun maradda

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

Afaraayta allathee kafara bi-ayatinawaqala laootayanna malan wawalada

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

AttalaAAa alghayba ami ittakhathaAAinda arrahmani AAahda

No! We will record what he says and extend [i.e., increase] for him from the punishment extensively.

Kalla sanaktubu ma yaqooluwanamuddu lahu mina alAAathabi madda

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

Wanarithuhu ma yaqoolu waya/teenafarda

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

Wattakhathoo min dooni Allahialihatan liyakoonoo lahum AAizza

No! They [i.e., those "gods"] will deny their worship of them and will be against them opponents [on the Day of Judgement].

Kalla sayakfuroona biAAibadatihimwayakoonoona AAalayhim didda

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

Alam tara anna arsalna ashshayateenaAAala alkafireena taozzuhum azza

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

Fala taAAjal AAalayhim innamanaAAuddu lahum AAadda

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

Yawma nahshuru almuttaqeena ilaarrahmani wafda

And will drive the criminals to Hell in thirst

Wanasooqu almujrimeena ila jahannamawirda

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

La yamlikoona ashshafaAAatailla mani ittakhatha AAinda arrahmaniAAahda

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

Waqaloo ittakhatha arrahmanuwalada

You have done an atrocious thing.

Laqad ji/tum shay-an idda

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

Takadu assamawatuyatafattarna minhu watanshaqqu al-ardu watakhirrualjibalu hadda

That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son.

An daAAaw lirrahmaniwalada

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

Wama yanbaghee lirrahmanian yattakhitha walada

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

In kullu man fee assamawatiwal-ardi illa atee arrahmaniAAabda

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

Laqad ahsahum waAAaddahum AAadda

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

Wakulluhum ateehi yawma alqiyamatifarda

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

Inna allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati sayajAAalu lahumu arrahmanuwudda

So, [O Muḥammad], We have only made it [i.e., the Qur’ān] easy in your tongue [i.e., the Arabic language] that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people.

Fa-innama yassarnahu bilisanikalitubashshira bihi almuttaqeena watunthira bihi qawmanludda

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

Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin haltuhissu minhum min ahadin aw tasmaAAu lahum rikza