19:1  Sufficient, Guide, Blessed, Knowing, Truthful God

19:2  A mention of the mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zacharias -

19:3  When he called upon his Lord, crying in secret

19:4  He said: My Lord, my bones are weakened, and my head flares with hoariness, and I have never been unsuccessful in my prayer to Thee, my Lord

19:5  And I fear my kinsfolk after me, and my wife is barren, so grant me from Thyself an hei

19:6  Who should inherit me and inherit of the Children of Jacob, and make him, my Lord, acceptable (to Thee)

19:7  O Zacharias, We give thee good news of a boy, whose name is John: We have not made before anyone his equal

19:8  He said: My Lord, how shall I have a son, and my wife is barren, and I have reached extreme old age

19:9  He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord says: It is easy for Me, and indeed I created thee before, when thou wast nothing

19:10  He said: My Lord, give me a sign. He said: Thy sign is that thou speak not to people three nights, being in sound health

19:11  So he went forth to his people from the sanctuary and proclaimed to them: Glorify (Allah) morning and evening

19:12  O John, take hold of the Book with strength. And We granted him wisdom when a child

19:13  And kind-heartedness from Us and purity. And he was dutiful

19:14  And kindly to his parents, and he was not insolent, disobedient

19:15  And peace on him the day he was born and the day he died, and the day he is raised to life

19:16  And mention Mary in the Book. When she drew aside from her family to an eastern place

19:17  So she screened herself from them. Then We sent to her Our spirit and it appeared to her as a well-made man

19:18  She said: I flee for refuge from thee to the Beneficent, if thou art one guarding against evil

19:19  He said: I am only bearer of a message of thy Lord: That I will give thee a pure boy

19:20  She said: How can I have a son and no mortal has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste

19:21  He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord says: It is easy to Me; and that We may make him a sign to men and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter decreed

19:22  Then she conceived him; and withdrew with him to a remote place

19:23  And the throes of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died before this, and had been a thing quite forgotten

19:24  So a voice came to her from beneath her: Grieve not, surely thy Lord has provided a stream beneath three

19:25  And shake towards thee the trunk of the palm-tree, it will drop on thee fresh ripe dates

19:26  So eat and drink and cool the eye. Then if thou seest any mortal, say: Surely I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent, so I will not speak to any man to-day

19:27  Then she came to her people with him, carrying him. They said: O Mary, thou has indeed brought a strange thing

19:28  O sister of Aaron, thy father was not a wicked man, nor was thy mother an unchaste woman

19:29  But she pointed to him. They said: How should we speak to one who is a child in the cradle

19:30  He said: I am indeed a servant of Allah. He has given me the Book and made me a prophet

19:31  And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on me prayer and poor-rate so long as I live

19:32  And to be kind to my mother; and He has not made me insolent, unblessed

19:33  And peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I am raised to life

19:34  Such is Jesus son of Mary -- a statement of truth about which they dispute

19:35  It beseems not Allah that He should take to Himself a son. Glory be to Him! when he decrees a matter He only says to it, Be, and it is

19:36  And surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him. This is the right path

19:37  But parties from among them differed; so woe to those who disbelieve, because of their presence on a grievous day

19:38  How clearly will they hear and see on the day when they come to Us; but the wrongdoers are to-day in manifest error

19:39  And warn them of the day of Regret, when the matter is decided. And they are (now) in negligence and they believe not

19:40  Surely We inherit the earth and those thereon, and to Us they are returned

19:41  And mention Abraham in the Book. Surely he was a truthful man, a prophet

19:42  When he said to his sire: O my sire, why worshippest thou that which hears not, or sees, or can it avail thee aught

19:43  O my sire, to me indeed has come the knowledge which has not come to thee; so follow me, I will guide thee on a right path

19:44  O my sire, serve not the devil. Surely the devil is disobedient to the Beneficent

19:45  O my sire, surely I fear lest a punishment from the Beneficent should afflict thee, so that thou become a friend of the devil

19:46  He said: Dislikest thou my gods, O Abraham? If thou desist not, I will certainly drive thee away. And leave me for a time

19:47  He said: Peace be to thee! I shall pray my Lord to forgive thee. Surely He is ever Kind to me

19:48  And I withdraw from you and that which you call on beside Allah, and I call upon my Lord. Maybe I shall not remain unblessed in calling upon my Lord

19:49  So, when he withdrew from them and that which they worshipped besides Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob. And each (of them) We made a prophet

19:50  And We gave them of Our mercy, and We granted them a truthful mention of eminence

19:51  And mention Moses in the Book. Surely he was one purified, and was a messenger, a prophet

19:52  And We called to him from the blessed side of the mountain, and We made him draw nigh in communion

19:53  And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron, a prophet

19:54  And mention Ishmael in the Book. Surely he was truthful in promise, and he was a messenger, a prophet

19:55  And he enjoined on his people prayer and almsgiving, and was one in whom his Lord was well pleased

19:56  And mention Idris in the Book. Surely he was a truthful man, a prophet

19:57  And We raised him to an elevated state

19:58  These are they on whom Allah bestowed favours, from among the prophets, of the seed of Adam, and of those whom We carried with Noah, and of the seed of Abraham and Israel, and of those whom We guided and chose. When the messages of the Beneficent were recited to them, they fell down in submission, weeping

19:59  But there came after them an evil generation, who wasted prayers and followed lusts, so they will meet perdition

19:60  Except those who repent and believe and do good -- such will enter the Garden, and they will not be wronged in aught

19:61  Gardens of perpetuity which the Beneficent has promised to His servants in the Unseen. Surely His promise ever comes to pass

19:62  They will hear therein no vain discourse, but only, Peace! And they have their sustenance therein, morning and evening

19:63  This is the Garden which We cause those of Our servants to inherit who keep their duty

19:64  And we descend not but by the command of thy Lord. To Him belongs what is before us and what is behind us and what is between these, and thy Lord is never forgetful

19:65  Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, so serve Him and be patient in His service. Knowest thou any one equal to Him

19:66  And says man: When I am dead, shall I truly be brought forth alive

19:67  Does not man remember that We created him before, when he was nothing

19:68  So by thy Lord! We shall certainly gather them together and the devils, then shall We bring them around hell on their knees

19:69  Then We shall draw forth from every sect those most rebellious against the Beneficent

19:70  Again, We certainly know best those who deserve most to be burned therein

19:71  And there is not one of you but shall come to it. This is an unavoidable decree of thy Lord

19:72  And We shall deliver those who guard against evil, and leave the wrongdoers therein on their knees

19:73  And when our clear messages are recited to them, those who disbelieve say to those who believe: Which of the two parties is better in position and better in assembly

19:74  And how many a generation have We destroyed before them, who had better possessions and appearance

19:75  Say: As for him who is in error, the Beneficent will prolong his length of days; until they see what they were threatened with, either the punishment or the Hour. Then they will know who is worse in position and weaker in forces

19:76  And Allah increases in guidance those who go aright. And deeds that endure, the good deeds, are, with thy Lord, better in recompense and yield better return

19:77  Hast thou seen him who disbelieves in Our messages and says: I shall certainly be given wealth and children

19:78  Has he gained knowledge of the unseen, or made a covenant with the Beneficent

19:79  By no means! We write down what he says, and We shall lengthen to him the length of the chastisement

19:80  And We shall inherit from him what he says, and he will come to Us alone

19:81  And they have taken gods besides Allah, that they should be to them a source of strength -

19:82  By no means! They will soon deny their worshipping them, and be their adversaries

19:83  Seest thou not that We send the devils against the disbelievers, inciting them incitingly

19:84  So make no haste against them. We only number out to them a number (of days)

19:85  The day when We gather the dutiful to the Beneficent to receive honours

19:86  And drive the guilty to hell, as thirsty beasts

19:87  They have no power of intercession, save him who has made a covenant with the Beneficent

19:88  And they say: The Beneficent has taken to Himself a son

19:89  Certainly you make an abominable assertion

19:90  The heavens may almost be rent thereat, and the earth cleave asunder, and the mountains fall down in pieces

19:91  That they ascribe a son to the Beneficent

19:92  And it is not worthy of the Beneficent that he should take to Himself a son

19:93  There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes to the Beneficent as a servant

19:94  Certainly He comprehends them, as has numbered them all

19:95  And every one of them will come to Him on the day of Resurrection, alone

19:96  Those who believe and do good deeds, for them the Beneficent will surely bring about love

19:97  So We have made it easy in thy tongue only that thou shouldst give good news thereby to those who guard against evil, and shouldst warn thereby a contentious people

19:98  And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou see any one of them or hear a sound of them