| Surah Maryam | |||
| In the Name of Allāh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. | |||
| 1 | Kāf HāYā'AīnSād. [ These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'ān, and none but Allāh ( Alone ) knows their meanings ]. | ||
| 2 | ( This is ) a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His slave Zakariya ( Zachariah ). | ||
| 3 | When he called out his Lord ( Allāh ) a call in secret, | ||
| 4 | Saying: " My Lord! Indeed my bones have grown feeble, and grey hair has spread on my head, And I have never been unblest in my invocation to You, O my Lord! | ||
| 5 | " And Verily! I fear my relatives after me, since my wife is barren. So give me from Yourself an heir, | ||
| 6 | " Who shall inherit me, and inherit ( also ) the posterity of Ya'qūb ( Jacob ) ( inheritance of the religious knowledge and Prophethood, not the wealth, etc. ). And make him, my Lord, one with whom You are Well-pleased! ". | ||
| 7 | ( Allāh said ) " O Zakariya ( Zachariah )! Verily, We give you the glad tidings of a son, His name will be Yahya ( John ). We have given that name to none before ( him ). " | ||
| 8 | He said: " My Lord! How can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have reached the extreme old age. " | ||
| 9 | He said: " So ( it will be ). Your Lord says; It is easy for Me. Certainly I have created you before, when you had been nothing! " | ||
| 10 | [ Zakariya ( Zachariah ) ] said: " My Lord! Appoint for me a sign. " He said: " Your sign is that you shall not speak unto mankind for three nights, though having no bodily defect. " | ||
| 11 | Then he came out to his people from Al-Mihrāb ( a praying place or a private room, etc. ), he told them by signs to glorify Allāh's Praises in the morning and in the afternoon. | ||
| 12 | ( It was said to his son ): " O Yahya ( John )! Hold fast the Scripture [ the Taurāt ( Torah ) ]. " And We gave him wisdom while yet a child. | ||
| 13 | And ( made him ) sympathetic to men as a mercy ( or a grant ) from Us, and pure from sins [ i. e. Yahya ( John ) ] and he was righteous, | ||
| 14 | And dutiful towards his parents, and he was neither an arrogant nor disobedient ( to Allāh or to his parents ). | ||
| 15 | And Salāmun ( peace ) be on him the day he was born, the day he dies, and the day he will be raised up to life ( again )! | ||
| 16 | And mention in the Book ( the Qur'ān, O Muhammad, the story of ) Maryam ( Mary ), when she withdrew in seclusion from her family to a place facing east. | ||
| 17 | She placed a screen ( to screen herself ) from them; then We sent to her Our Ruh [ angel Jibrael ( Gabriel ) ], and he appeared before her in the form of a man in all respects. | ||
| 18 | She said: " Verily! I seek refuge with the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ) from you, if you do fear Allāh. " | ||
| 19 | ( The angel ) said: " I am only a Messenger from your Lord, ( to announce ) to you the gift of a righteous son. " | ||
| 20 | She said: " How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, nor am I unchaste? " | ||
| 21 | He said: " So ( it will be ), your Lord said: 'That is easy for Me ( Allāh ): And ( We wish ) to appoint him as a sign to mankind and a mercy from Us ( Allāh ), and it is a matter ( already ) decreed, ( by Allāh ).' " | ||
| 22 | So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place ( i. e. Bethlehem valley about 4 - 6 miles from Jerusalem ). | ||
| 23 | And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She said: " Would that I had died before this, and had been forgotten and out of sight! " | ||
| 24 | Then [ the babe 'Iesa ( Jesus ) or Jibrael ( Gabriel ) ] cried unto her from below her, saying: " Grieve not! Your Lord has provided a water stream under you; | ||
| 25 | " And shake the trunk of date-palm towards you, it will let fall fresh ripe-dates upon you. " | ||
| 26 | " So eat and drink and be glad, and if you see any human being, say: 'Verily! I have vowed a fast unto the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ) so I shall not speak to any human being this day.' " | ||
| 27 | Then she brought him ( the baby ) to her people, carrying him. They said: " O Mary! Indeed you have brought a thing Fariya ( an unheard mighty thing ). | ||
| 28 | " O sister ( i. e. the like ) of Hārūn ( Aaron ) [ not the brother of Mūsa ( Moses ), but he was another pious man at the time of Maryam ( Mary ) ]! Your father was not a man who used to commit adultery, nor your mother was an unchaste woman. " | ||
| 29 | Then she pointed to him. They said: " How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle? " | ||
| 30 | " He [ 'Iesa ( Jesus ) ] said: Verily! I am a slave of Allāh, He has given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet; " | ||
| 31 | " And He has made me blessed wheresoever I be, and has enjoined on me Salāt ( prayer ), and Zakāt, as long as I live. " | ||
| 32 | " And dutiful to my mother, and made me not arrogant, unblest. | ||
| 33 | " And Salām ( peace ) be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive! " | ||
| 34 | Such is 'Iesa ( Jesus ), son of Maryam ( Mary ). ( it is ) a statement of truth, about which they doubt ( or dispute ). | ||
| 35 | It befits not ( the Majesty of ) Allāh that He should beget a son [ this refers to the slander of Christians against Allāh, by saying that 'Iesa ( Jesus ) is the son of Allāh ]. Glorified ( and Exalted be He above all that they associate with Him ). When He decrees a thing, He only says to it, " Be! " and it is. | ||
| 36 | [ 'Iesa ( Jesus ) said ]: " And verily Allāh is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him ( Alone ). That is the Straight Path. ( Allāh's Religion of Islāmic Monotheism which He did ordain for all of His Prophets ). " [ Tafsir At-Tabarī ] | ||
| 37 | Then the sects differed [ i. e. the Christians about 'Iesa ( Jesus ) ], so woe unto the disbelievers [ those who gave false witness by saying that 'Iesa ( Jesus ) is the son of Allāh ] from the meeting of a great Day ( i. e. the Day of Resurrection, when they will be thrown in the blazing Fire ). | ||
| 38 | How clearly will they ( polytheists and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allāh ) see and hear, the Day when they will appear before Us! But the Zalimūn ( polytheists and wrong-doers ) today are in plain error. | ||
| 39 | And warn them ( O Muhammad ) of the Day of grief and regrets, when the case has been decided, while ( now ) they are in a state of carelessness, and they believe not. | ||
| 40 | Verily! We will inherit the earth and whatsoever is thereon. And to Us they all shall be returned, | ||
| 41 | And mention in the Book ( the Qur'ān ) Ibrāhim ( Abraham ). Verily! He was a man of truth, a Prophet. | ||
| 42 | When he said to his father: " O my father! Why do you worship that which hears not, sees not and cannot avail you in anything? | ||
| 43 | " O my father! Verily! There has come to me of knowledge that which came not unto you. So follow me. I will guide you to a Straight Path. | ||
| 44 | " O my father! Worship not Shaitān ( Satan ). Verily! Shaitān ( Satan ) has been a rebel against the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ). | ||
| 45 | " O my father! Verily! I fear lest a torment from the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ) overtake you, so that you become a companion of Shaitān ( Satan ) ( in the Hell-fire ). " [ Tafsir Al-Qurtubī ] | ||
| 46 | He ( the father ) said: " Do you reject my gods, O Ibrāhim ( Abraham )? If you stop not ( this ), I will indeed stone you. So get away from me safely before I punish you. " | ||
| 47 | Ibrāhim ( Abraham ) said: " Peace be on you! I will ask Forgiveness of my Lord for you. Verily! He is unto me, Ever Most Gracious. | ||
| 48 | " And I shall turn away from you and from those whom you invoke besides Allāh. And I shall call on my Lord; and I hope that I shall not be unblest in my invocation to my Lord. " | ||
| 49 | So when he had turned away from them and from those whom they worshipped besides Allāh, We gave him Ishāque ( Isaac ) and Ya'qūb ( Jacob ), and each one of them We made a Prophet. | ||
| 50 | And We gave them of Our Mercy ( a good provision in plenty ), and We granted them honour on the tongues ( of all the nations, i. e everybody remembers them with a good praise ). | ||
| 51 | And mention in the Book ( this Qur'ān ) Mūsa ( Moses ). Verily! He was chosen and he was a Messenger ( and ) a Prophet. | ||
| 52 | And We called him from the right side of the Mount, and made him draw near to Us for a talk with him [ Mūsa ( Moses ) ]. | ||
| 53 | And We bestowed on him his brother Hārūn ( Aaron ), ( also ) a Prophet, out of Our Mercy. | ||
| 54 | And mention in the Book ( the Qur'ān ) Ismā'il ( Ishmael ). Verily! He was true to what he promised, and he was a Messenger, ( and ) a Prophet. | ||
| 55 | And he used to enjoin on his family and his people As-Salāt ( the prayers ) and the Zakāt, and his Lord was pleased with him. | ||
| 56 | And mention in the Book ( the Qur'ān ) Idris ( Enoch ). Verily! He was a man of truth, ( and ) a Prophet. | ||
| 57 | And We raised him to a high station. | ||
| 58 | Those were they unto whom Allāh bestowed His Grace from among the Prophets, of the offspring of Adam, and of those whom We carried ( in the ship ) with Nūh ( Noah ), and of the offspring of Ibrāhim ( Abraham ) and Israel and from among those whom We guided and chose. When the Verses of the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ) were recited unto them, they fell down prostrating and weeping. | ||
| 59 | Then, there has succeeded them a posterity who have given up As-Salāt ( the prayers ) [ i. e. made their Salāt ( prayers ) to be lost, either by not offering them or by not offering them perfectly or by not offering them in their proper fixed times, etc. ] and have followed lusts. So they will be thrown in Hell. | ||
| 60 | Except those who repent and believe ( in the Oneness of Allāh and His Messenger Muhammad ), and work righteousness. Such will enter Paradise and they will not be wronged in aught. | ||
| 61 | ( They will enter ) 'Adn ( Eden ) Paradise ( everlasting Gardens ), which the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ) has promised to His slaves in the unseen: Verily! His Promise must come to pass. | ||
| 62 | They shall not hear therein ( in Paradise ) any Laghw ( dirty, false, evil vain talk ), but only Salām ( salutations of peace ). And they will have therein their sustenance, morning and afternoon. [ See ( V. 40: 55 ) ]. | ||
| 63 | Such is the Paradise which We shall give as an inheritance to those of Our slaves who have been Al-Muttaqūn ( pious and righteous persons - See V. 2: 2 ). | ||
| 64 | And we ( angels ) descend not except by the Command of your Lord ( O Muhammad ). To Him belongs what is before us and what is behind us, and what is between those two, and your Lord is never forgetful, | ||
| 65 | Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, so worship Him ( Alone ) and be constant and patient in His worship. Do you know of any who is similar to Him? ( of course none is similar or coequal or comparable to Him, and He has none as partner with Him ). [ There is nothing like unto Him and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer ]. | ||
| 66 | And man ( the disbeliever ) says: " When I am dead, shall I then be raised up alive? " | ||
| 67 | Does not man remember that We created him before, while he was nothing? | ||
| 68 | So by your Lord, surely, We shall gather them together, and ( also ) the Shayātin ( devils ) ( with them ), then We shall bring them round Hell on their knees. | ||
| 69 | Then indeed We shall drag out from every sect all those who were worst in obstinate rebellion against the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ). | ||
| 70 | Then, verily, We know best those who are most worthy of being burnt therein. | ||
| 71 | There is not one of you but will pass over it ( Hell ); this is with your Lord; a Decree which must be accomplished. | ||
| 72 | Then We shall save those who use to fear Allāh and were dutiful to Him. And We shall leave the Zālimūn ( polytheists and wrongdoers, etc. ) therein ( humbled ) to their knees ( in Hell ). | ||
| 73 | And when Our Clear Verses are recited to them, those who disbelieve ( the rich and strong among the pagans of Quraish who live a life of luxury ) say to those who believe ( the weak, poor companions of Prophet Muhammad who have a hard life ): " Which of the two groups ( i. e. believers and disbelievers ) is best in ( point of ) position and as regards station ( place of council for consultation ). " | ||
| 74 | And how many a generation ( past nations ) have We destroyed before them, who were better in wealth, goods and outward appearance? | ||
| 75 | Say ( O Muhammad ) whoever is in error, the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ) will extend ( the rope ) to him, until, when they see that which they were promised, either the torment or the Hour, they will come to know who is worst in position, and who is weaker in forces. [ This is the answer for the Verse No. 19: 73 ] | ||
| 76 | And Allāh increases in guidance those who walk aright [ true believers in the Oneness of Allāh who fear Allāh much ( abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He has forbidden ), and love Allāh much ( perform all kinds of good deeds which He has ordained ) ]. And the righteous good deeds that last, are better with your Lord, for reward and better for resort. | ||
| 77 | Have you seen him who disbelieved in Our Ayāt ( this Qur'ān and Muhammad ) and ( yet ) says: " I shall certainly be given wealth and children [ if I will be alive ( again ) ], " | ||
| 78 | Has he known the unseen or has he taken a covenant from the Most Beneficent ( Allāh )? | ||
| 79 | Nay! We shall record what he says, and We shall increase his torment ( in the Hell ); | ||
| 80 | And We shall inherit from him ( at his death ) all that he talks of ( i. e. wealth and children which We have bestowed upon him in this world ), and he shall come to Us alone. | ||
| 81 | And they have taken ( for worship ) āliha ( gods ) besides Allāh, that they might give them honour, power and glory ( and also protect them from Allāh's Punishment etc. ). | ||
| 82 | Nay, but they ( the so-called gods ) will deny their worship of them, and become opponents to them ( on the Day of Resurrection ). | ||
| 83 | See you not that We have sent the Shayātin ( devils ) against the disbelievers to push them to do evil. | ||
| 84 | So make no haste against them; We only count out to them a ( limited ) number ( of the days of the life of this world and delay their term so that they may increase in evil and sins ). | ||
| 85 | The Day We shall gather the Muttaqūn ( pious - see V. 2: 2 ) unto the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ), like a delegate ( presented before a king for honour ). | ||
| 86 | And We shall drive the Mujrimūn ( polytheists, sinners, criminals, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allāh, etc. ) to Hell, in a thirsty state ( like a thirsty herd driven down to water ), | ||
| 87 | None shall have the power of intercession, but such a one as has received permission ( or promise ) from the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ). | ||
| 88 | And they say: " The Most Beneficent ( Allāh ) has begotten a son ( or offspring or children ) [ as the Jews say: 'Uzair ( Ezra ) is the son of Allāh, and the Christians say that He has begotten a son [ 'Iesa ( Christ ) ], and the pagan Arabs say that He has begotten daughters ( angels, etc. ) ]. " | ||
| 89 | Indeed you have brought forth ( said ) a terrible evil thing. | ||
| 90 | Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins, | ||
| 91 | That they ascribe a son ( or offspring or children ) to the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ). | ||
| 92 | But it is not suitable for ( the Majesty of ) the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ) that He should beget a son ( or offspring or children ). | ||
| 93 | There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ) as a slave. | ||
| 94 | Verily, He knows each one of them, and has counted them a full counting. | ||
| 95 | And everyone of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection ( without any helper, or protector or defender ). | ||
| 96 | Verily, those who believe [ in the Oneness of Allāh and in His Messenger ( Muhammad ) ] and work deeds of righteousness, the Most Beneficent ( Allāh ) will bestow love for them ( in the hearts of the believers ). | ||
| 97 | So We have made this ( the Qur'ān ) easy in your own tongue ( O Muhammad ), only that you may give glad tidings to the Muttaqūn ( pious and righteous persons - See V. 2: 2 ), and warn with it the Ludda ( most quarrelsome ) people. | ||
| 98 | And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Can you ( O Muhammad ) find a single one of them or hear even a whisper of them? | ||