1. Kaf. Ha. Ya. 'Ain. Sad.
2. Thikru rahmati rabbika AAabdahu zakariyya
2. (This is) a recital of the Mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zakariya.
3. Ith nada rabbahu nidaan khafiyyan
3. Behold! he cried to his Lord in secret,
4. Qala rabbi innee wahana alAAathmu minnee waishtaAAala alrra/su shayban walam akun biduAAa-ika rabbi shaqiyyan
4. 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!
5. Wa-innee khiftu almawaliya min wara-ee wakanati imraatee AAaqiran fahab lee min ladunka waliyyan
5. "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,-
6. Yarithunee wayarithu min ali yaAAqooba waijAAalhu rabbi radiyyan
6. "(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!"
7. Ya zakariyya inna nubashshiruka bighulamin ismuhu yahya lam najAAal lahu min qablu samiyyan
7. (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."
8. Qala rabbi anna yakoonu lee ghulamun wakanati imraatee AAaqiran waqad balaghtu mina alkibari AAitiyyan
8. 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?"
9. Qala kathalika qala rabbuka huwa AAalayya hayyinun waqad khalaqtuka min qablu walam taku shay-an
9. 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!'"
10. Qala rabbi ijAAal lee ayatan qala ayatuka alla tukallima alnnasa thalatha layalin sawiyyan
10. (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."
11. Fakharaja AAala qawmihi mina almihrabi faawha ilayhim an sabbihoo bukratan waAAashiyyan
11. 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.
12. Ya yahya khuthi alkitaba biquwwatin waataynahu alhukma sabiyyan
12. (To his son came the command): "O Yahya! take hold of the Book with might": and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth,
13. Wahananan min ladunna wazakatan wakana taqiyyan
13. And piety (for all creatures) as from Us, and purity: He was devout,
14. Wabarran biwalidayhi walam yakun jabbaran AAasiyyan
14. And kind to his parents, and he was not overbearing or rebellious.
15. Wasalamun AAalayhi yawma wulida wayawma yamootu wayawma yubAAathu hayyan
15. 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)!