Lo! those who believe and do good works, the Beneficent will appoint for them love

And We make (this Scripture) easy in thy tongue, (O Muhammad) only that thou mayst bear good tidings therewith unto those who ward off (evil), and warn therewith the froward folk

And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou (Muhammad) see a single man of them, or hear from them the slightest sound

Kaf. Ha. Ya. A'in. Sad

A mention of the mercy of thy Lord unto His servant Zachariah

When he cried unto his Lord a cry in secret

Saying: My Lord! Lo! the bones of me wax feeble and my head is shining with grey hair, and I have never been unblest in prayer to Thee, my Lord

Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor

Who shall inherit of me and inherit (also) of the house of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, acceptable (unto Thee)

(It was said unto him): O Zachariah! Lo! We bring thee tidings of a son whose name is John; we have given the same name to none before (him)

He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached infirm old age

He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me, even as I created thee before, when thou wast naught

He said: My Lord! Appoint for me some token. He said: Thy token is that thou, with no bodily defect, shalt not speak unto mankind three nights

Then he came forth unto his people from the sanctuary, and signified to them: Glorify your Lord at break of day and fall of night

(And it was said unto his son): O John! Hold fast the Scripture. And we gave him wisdom when a child