Sura XIX (19)
Mary
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Kaf.
Ha. Ya. Ain. Sad. A recital of thy Lord's mercy to his servant Zachariah;
When
he called upon his Lord with secret calling,
And
said, "O Lord, verily my bones are weakened, and the hoar hairs glisten on
my head,
And
never, Lord, have I prayed to thee with ill success.
But
now I have fears for my kindred after me; and my wife is barren:
Give
me, then, a successor as thy special gift, who shall be my heir and an heir of
the family of Jacob: and make him, Lord, well
pleasing to thee."
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"O Zachariah! verily we announce to thee a son, -- his name John:
That
name We have given to none before him."
He
said: "O my Lord! how when my wife is
barren shall I have a son, and when I have now reached old age, failing in my
powers?"
19:10 He said:
So shall it be. Thy Lord hath said, Easy is this to me, for I created thee
aforetime when thou wast nothing."
He
said, "Vouchsafe me, O my Lord! a sign." He said: "Thy sign shall be that for three nights,
though sound in health, thou speakest not to man."
And he
came forth from the sanctuary to his people, and made signs to them to sign
praises morn and even.
We
said: "O John! receive the Book with
purpose of heart:" -- and We bestowed on
him wisdom while yet a child;
And
mercifulness from Ourself, and purity; and pious was he, and duteous to his parents;
and not proud, rebellious.
And
peace was on him on the day he was born, and the day of his death, and shall be
on the day when he shall be raised to life!
And
make mention in the Book, of Mary, when she went apart from her family,
eastward,
And took
a veil to shroud herself from them: and we
sent our spirit to her, and he took before her the form of a perfect man.
She
said: "I fly for refuge from thee to the
God of Merch! If thou fearest Him, begone from me."
He
said: "I am only a messenger of thy Lord,
that I may bestow on thee a holy son."
19:20 She said:
"How shall I have a son, when man hath never touched me? and I am not
unchaste."
He
said: "So shall it be. Thy Lord hath said: 'Easy is this with me:'
and we will make him a sign to mankind, and mercy from us. For it is a thing
decreed."
And
she conceived him, and retired with him to a far-off place.
And
the throes came upon her by the trunk of a palm. She said: "Oh, would that I had died ere this, and been
a thing forgotten, forgotten quite!"
And
one cried to her from below her: "Grieve
not thou, thy Lord hath provided a streamlet at thy feet: --
And
shake the trunk of the palm-tree toward thee:
it will drop fresh ripe dates upon thee.
Eat
then and drink, and be of cheerful eye: and
shouldst thou see a man,
Say,
-- Verily, I have vowed abstinence to the God of mercy. -- To no one will I
speak this day."
Then
came she with the babe to her people, bearing him. They said, "O Mary! now
hast thou done a strange thing!
O
sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of wickedness, nor unchaste thy
mother."
19:30 And she made a sign to them, pointing
towards the babe. They said, "How shall we speak with him who is in the
cradle, an infant?"
It
said, "Verily, I am the servant of God; He hath given me the Book, and He
hath made me a prophet;
And he
hath made me blessed wherever I may be, and hath enjoined me prayer and
almsgiving so long as I shall live;
And to
be duteous to her that bare me: and he hath
not made me proud, depraved.
And
the peace of God was on me the day I was born, and will be the day I shall die,
and the day I shall be raised to life."
This
is Jesus, the son of Mary; this is a statement of the truth concerning which
they doubt.
It
beseemeth not God to beget a son. Glory be to Him! when he decreeth a thing. He
only saith to it, Be, and it Is.
And
verily, God is my Lord and your Lord; adore Him then. This is the right way.
But
the Sects have fallen to variance among themselves about Jesus: but woe, because of the assembly of a great day,
to those who believe not!
Make
them hear, make them behold the day when they shall come before us! But the
offenders this day are in a manifest error.
19:40 Warn them of the day of sighing when
the decree shall be accomplished, while they are sunk in heedlessness and while
they believe not.
Verily,
we will inherit the earth and all who are upon it. To us shall they be brought
back.
Make
mention also in the Book of Abraham; for he was a man of truth, a Prophet.
When
he said to his Father, "O my Father! why dost thou worship that which
neither seeth nor heareth, nor profiteth thee aught?
O my
Father! verily now hath knowledge come to me which hath not come to thee.
Follow me therefore -- I will guide thee into an even path.
O my
Father! worship not Satan, for Satan is a rebel against the God of Mercy.
O my
Father! indeed I fear lest a chastisement from the God of Mercy light upon
thee, and thou become Satan's vassal."
He
said, "Castest thou off my Gods, O Abraham? if thou forbear not, I will
surely stone thee. Begone from me for a length of time."
He
said, "Peace be on thee! I will pray my Lord for thy forgiveness, for he
is gracious to me:
But I
will separate myself from you, and the gods you call on beside Go, and on my
Lord will I call. Haply, my prayers to my Lord will not be with ill
success."
19:50 And when he had separated himself from
them and that which they worshipped beside God, we bestowed on him Isaac and
Jacob, and each of them we made a prophet:
And we
bestowed gifts of them in our mercy, and gave them the lofty tongue of
truth."
And
commemorate Moses in "the Book;" for he was a man of purity: moreover he was an Apostle, a Prophet:
From
the right side of the mountain we called to him, and caused him to draw nigh to
us for secret converse:
And we
bestowed on him in our mercy his brother Aaron, a Prophet.
And
commemorate Ismael in "the Book;" for he was true to his promise, and
was an Apostle, a Prophet;
And he
enjoined prayer and almsgiving on his people, and was well pleasing to his
Lord.
And
commemorate Edris in "the Book;" for he was a man of truth, a Prophet:
And we
uplifted him to a place on high.
These
are they among the prophets of the posterity of Adam, and among those whom we
bare with Noah, and among the posterity of Abraham and Israel, and among those
whom we have guided and chosen, to whom God hath shewed favour. When the signs
of the God of Mercy were rehearsed to them, they bowed them down worshipping
and weeping.
19:60 But others have come in their place after
them: they have made an end of prayer, and
have gone after their own lusts; and in the end they shall meet with evil: --
Save
those who turn and believe and do that which is right, these shall enter the
Garden, and in nought shall they be wronged:
The
Garden of Eden, which the God of Mercy hath promised to his servant, though yet
unseen: for his promise shall come to pass:
No
vain discourse shall they hear therein, but only "Peace;" and their
food shall be given them at morn and even:
This
is the Paradise which we will make the heritage of those our servants who fear
us.
We
come not down from heaven but by thy Lord's command. His, whatever is before us
and whatever is behind us, and whatever is between the two! And thy Lord is not
forgetful, --
Lord
of the Heavens and of the Earth, and of all that is between them! Worship Him,
then, and abide thou steadfast in his worship. Knoweth thou any other of the
same name?
Man
saith: "What! after I am dead, shall I in
the end be brought forth alive?"
Doth not
man bear in mind that we made him at first, when he was nought?
And I
swear by thy Lord, we will surely gather together them and the Satans: then will we set them on their knees round Hell:
19:70 Then will we take forth from each band
those of them who have been stoutest in rebellion against the God of Mercy:
Then
shall we know right well to whom its burning is most due:
No one
is there of you who shall not go down unto it -- This is a settled decree with
thy Lord --
Then
will we deliver those who had the fear of God, and the wicked will we leave in
it on their knees.
And
when our clear signs are rehearsed to them, the infidels say to those who
believe: "Which of the two parties is in
the best plight? and which is the most goodly company?"
But
how many generations have we brought to ruin before them, who surpassed them in
riches and in splendour!
Say: As to those who are in error, the God of Mercy
will lengthen out to them a length of days.
Until
they see that with which they are threatened, whether it be some present
chastisement, or whether it be "the Hour," and they shall then know
which is in the worse state, and which the more weak in forces:
But
God will increase the guidance of the already guided.
And
good works which abide, are in thy Lord's sight better in respect of guerdon,
and better in the issue than all worldly good.
19:80 Hast thou marked him who believeth not
in our signs, and saith, "I shall surely have riches and children bestowed
upon me?"
Hath
he mounted up into the secrets of God? hath he made a compact with the God of
Mercy?
No! we
will certainly write down what he saith, and will lengthen the length of his
chastisement:
And We
will inherit what he spake of, and he shall come before us all alone.
They
have taken other gods beside God to be their help.
But it
shall not be. Those gods will disavow their worship and will become their
enemies.
Seest
thou not that we send the Satans against the Infidels to urge them into sin?
Wherefore
be not thou in haste with them; for a small number of days do we number to
them.
One
day we will gather the God-fearing before the God of Mercy with honours due:
But
the sinners will we drive unto Hell, like flocks driven to the watering.
19:90 None shall have power to intercede,
save he who hath received permission at the hands of the God of Mercy.
They
say: "The God of Mercy hath gotten
offspring." Now have you done a monstrous thing!
Almost
might the very Heavens be rent thereat, and the Earth cleave asunder, and the
mountains fall down in fragments,
That
they ascribe a son to the God of Mercy, when it beseemeth not the God of Mercy
to beget a son!
Verily
there is none in the Heavens and in the Earth but shall approach the God of
Mercy as a servant. He hath taken note of them, and numbered them with exact
numbering:
And
each of them shall come to Him, on the day of Resurrection, singly:
But
love with the God of Mercy vouchsafe to those who believe and do the things
that be right.
Verily
we have made this Koran easy and in thine own tongue, that thou mayest announce
glad tidings by it to the God-fearing, and that thou mayest warn the
contentious by it.
How
many generations have we destroyed before them! Canst thou search out one of
them? or canst thou hear a whisper from them?