Maryam
A Remembrance of Benevolence
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Kaf. Ha. Ya. ʿAyn. Ṣad.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم كهيعصA remembrance of your Guardian's benevolence toward His obedient one Zakariya, when he called upon his Guardian with a secret call,
ذكر رحمت ربك عبده زكريا اذ نادى ربه نداء خفياhe said: "My Guardian, the bone has grown weak within me, the head has blazed white, and never, in calling upon You, my Guardian, have I been wretched.
قال رب اني وهن العظم مني واشتعل الراس شيبا ولم اكن بدعايك رب شقياI have feared for my kin after me, and my wife is barren. So grant me, from Yourself, an heir who will inherit from me and inherit from the line of Yaacoub,
واني خفت المولي من وراءي وكانت امراتي عاقرا فهب لي من لدنك وليا يرثني ويرث من ءال يعقوبand make him, my Guardian, pleasing [to You]."
واجعله رب رضيا"O Zakariya, We give you glad tidings of a boy: his attribute is Yahya, to whom We have given, before him, no one sharing this attribute."
يزكريا انا نبشرك بغلم اسمه يحيى لم نجعل له من قبل سمياHe said: "My Guardian, how shall I have a boy, when my wife is barren and I have reached, in old age, utter decrepitude?"
قال رب انى يكون لي غلم وكانت امراتي عاقرا وقد بلغت من الكبر عتياHe said: "So it will be. Your Guardian has said: That is easy for Me, and I created you before, when you were nothing."
قال كذلك قال ربك هو على هين وقد خلقتك من قبل ولم تك شياHe said: "My Guardian, appoint for me a sign."
قال رب اجعل لي ءايةHe said: "Your sign is that you shall not speak to the people for three complete nights."
قال ءايتك الا تكلم الناس ثلث ليال سوياHe came out to his people, from the oratory, and signaled to them: "Glorify [Him] at morning and evening."
فخرج على قومه من المحراب فاوحى اليهم ان سبحوا بكرة وعشيا"O Yahya, take the Scripture with strength."
ييحيى خذ الكتب بقوةAnd We gave him judgment, while he was a young child,
وءاتينه الحكم صبياand a tenderness from Us, and a purity;
وحنانا من لدنا وزكوةand he guarded himself.
وكان تقياVirtuous toward his parents, he was neither tyrannical nor rebellious.
وبرا بولديه ولم يكن جبارا عصياAnd peace be upon him the day he was born, the day he dies, and the day he is raised alive.
وسلم عليه يوم ولد ويوم يموت ويوم يبعث حياAnd mention, in the Scripture, Maryam, when she withdrew from her people to a place toward the east and took, apart from them, a screen of seclusion.
واذكر في الكتب مريم اذ انتبذت من اهلها مكانا شرقيا فاتخذت من دونهم حجاباSo We sent to her Our Influx, who took before her the form of a well-formed human.
فارسلنا اليها روحنا فتمثل لها بشرا سوياShe said: "I take refuge from you with the All-Benevolent! If you guard yourself [before Him]…"
قالت اني اعوذ بالرحمن منك ان كنت تقياHe said: "I am only the messenger of your Guardian, that He may grant you a pure boy."
قال انما انا رسول ربك لاهب لك غلما زكياShe said: "How shall I have a boy, when no human has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"
قالت انى يكون لي غلم ولم يمسسني بشر ولم اك بغياHe said: "So it will be. Your Guardian has said: That is easy for Me.
قال كذلك قال ربك هو على هينAnd We shall make him a sign for the people and a benevolence from Us.
ولنجعله ءاية للناس ورحمة مناIt is a matter already decreed."
وكان امرا مقضياShe conceived him, then withdrew with him to a far-off place.
فحملته فانتبذت به مكانا قصياThe pangs of childbirth drove her to the trunk of the palm tree. She said: "Would that I had died before this, and been a thing forgotten, utterly forgotten!"
فاجاءها المخاض الى جذع النخلة قالت يليتني مت قبل هذا وكنت نسيا منسياHe called to her from below her: "Do not grieve! Your Guardian has set beneath you a couch.
فنادىها من تحتها الا تحزني قد جعل ربك تحتك سرياAnd shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree: it will drop upon you fresh, ripe dates.
وهزي اليك بجذع النخلة تسقط عليك رطبا جنياSo eat, drink, and let your eye find rest.
فكلي واشربي وقري عيناIf you see anyone among the humans, say: "I have vowed to the All-Benevolent an abstention [from speech]; so I shall not speak today to any human."
فاما ترين من البشر احدا فقولي اني نذرت للرحمن صوما فلن اكلم اليوم انسياThen she came with him to her people, carrying him.
فاتت به قومها تحملهThey said: "O Maryam, you have done a monstrous thing!
قالوا يمريم لقد جيت شيا فرياO sister of Harun, your father was not a man of evil, nor your mother unchaste."
ياخت هرون ما كان ابوك امرا سوء وما كانت امك بغياSo she pointed to him.
فاشارت اليهThey said: "How shall we speak to one who is a young child in the cradle?"
قالوا كيف نكلم من كان في المهد صبياThe child said: "I am the obedient one of God. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet; He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and enjoined upon me the Contact and the purifying alms as long as I live, and virtue toward my mother.
قال اني عبد الله ءاتىني الكتب وجعلني نبيا وجعلني مباركا اين ما كنت واوصني بالصلوة والزكوة ما دمت حيا وبرا بولدتيHe has not made me tyrannical or wretched.
ولم يجعلني جبارا شقياAnd peace be upon me the day I was born, the day I die, and the day I am raised alive."
والسلم على يوم ولدت ويوم اموت ويوم ابعث حياSuch is Issa, son of Maryam —
ذلك عيسى ابن مريمthe word of truth, about which they are in doubt.
قول الحق الذي فيه يمترونIt is not for God to take a child.
ما كان لله ان يتخذ من ولدGlory be to Him!
سبحنهWhen He decrees a matter, He only says to it: "Be,"
اذا قضى امرا فانما يقول له كنand it is.
فيكونGod is my Guardian and your Guardian: so obey Him.
وان الله ربي وربكم فاعبدوهThis is a straight path.
هذا صرط مستقيمBut the parties diverged among themselves.
فاختلف الاحزاب من بينهمSo woe to those who disown, at the witnessing of an immense Day!
فويل للذين كفروا من مشهد يوم عظيمHow well they will hear and see, the Day they come to Us!
اسمع بهم وابصر يوم ياتونناYet the wrongdoers, today, are in manifest error.
لكن الظلمون اليوم في ضلل مبينAnd warn them of the Day of Regret, when the matter is decided, while they are heedless and do not believe.
وانذرهم يوم الحسرة اذ قضي الامر وهم في غفلة وهم لا يومنونIt is We who will inherit the earth and all who are upon it,
انا نحن نرث الارض ومن عليهاand to Us they will be returned.
والينا يرجعونAnd mention, in the Scripture, Ibrahim: he was a man of truth, a prophet, when he said to his father: "O my father, why do you obey what neither hears nor sees and avails you nothing?
واذكر في الكتب ابرهيم انه كان صديقا نبيا اذ قال لابيه يابت لم تعبد ما لا يسمع ولا يبصر ولا يغني عنك شياO my father, there has come to me of knowledge what has not come to you; so follow me, I will guide you along an even path.
يابت اني قد جاءني من العلم ما لم ياتك فاتبعني اهدك صرطا سوياO my father, do not obey the Diverter:
يابت لا تعبد الشيطنthe Diverter is rebellious toward the All-Benevolent.
ان الشيطن كان للرحمن عصياO my father, I fear that a punishment from the All-Benevolent will touch you, and you become an ally of the Diverter."
يابت اني اخاف ان يمسك عذاب من الرحمن فتكون للشيطن وليا[His father] said: "Do you spurn my deities, O Ibrahim?
قال اراغب انت عن ءالهتيIf you do not desist, I will banish you! Keep away from me for a long time."
يابرهيم لين لم تنته لارجمنك واهجرني مليا[Ibrahim] said: "Peace be upon you. I will ask my Guardian's forgiveness for you: He has ever been attentive to me. I withdraw from you and from what you invoke besides God, and I invoke my Guardian; perhaps, in invoking my Guardian, I shall not be wretched."
قال سلم عليك ساستغفر لك ربي انه كان بي حفيا واعتزلكم وما تدعون من دون الله وادعوا ربي عسى الا اكون بدعاء ربي شقياWhen he had withdrawn from them and from what they obeyed besides God, We granted him Ishaq and Yaacoub,
فلما اعتزلهم وما يعبدون من دون الله وهبنا له اسحق ويعقوبand each We made a prophet.
وكلا جعلنا نبياAnd We granted them [a share] of Our benevolence, and gave them a lofty renown of truth.
ووهبنا لهم من رحمتنا وجعلنا لهم لسان صدق علياAnd mention, in the Scripture, Moussa: he was devoted exclusively [to God], and he was a messenger, a prophet.
واذكر في الكتب موسى انه كان مخلصا وكان رسولا نبياWe called him from the right side of the Mount, and drew him near in confidence.
وندينه من جانب الطور الايمن وقربنه نجياAnd We granted him, out of Our benevolence, his brother Harun, a prophet.
ووهبنا له من رحمتنا اخاه هرون نبياAnd mention, in the Scripture, Ismail: he was true to his promise, and he was a messenger, a prophet. He would enjoin upon his people the Contact and the purifying alms,
واذكر في الكتب اسمعيل انه كان صادق الوعد وكان رسولا نبيا وكان يامر اهله بالصلوة والزكوةand he was, with his Guardian, well-pleasing.
وكان عند ربه مرضياAnd mention, in the Scripture, Idris: he was a man of truth, a prophet.
واذكر في الكتب ادريس انه كان صديقا نبياAnd We raised him to a lofty station.
ورفعنه مكانا علياThose are the ones God has favored among the prophets: of the progeny of Adam, of those We carried with Nuh, of the progeny of Ibrahim and of Israel, and of those We guided and chose.
اوليك الذين انعم الله عليهم من النبين من ذرية ءادم وممن حملنا مع نوح ومن ذرية ابرهيم واسرءيل وممن هدينا واجتبيناWhen the signs of the All-Benevolent were recited to them, they fell down prostrate, weeping.
اذا تتلى عليهم ءايت الرحمن خروا سجدا وبكياThen there succeeded them a generation who neglected the Contact and followed desires: so they will meet with misguidance — except one who repents, believes, and acts righteously; those will enter the Garden and be wronged in nothing: the Gardens of permanent abode which the All-Benevolent has promised His obedient ones, in what escapes their presence.
فخلف من بعدهم خلف اضاعوا الصلوة واتبعوا الشهوت فسوف يلقون غيا الا من تاب وءامن وعمل صلحا فاوليك يدخلون الجنة ولا يظلمون شيا جنت عدن التي وعد الرحمن عباده بالغيبHis promise is surely to be fulfilled.
انه كان وعده ماتياThey will hear in it no idle talk,
لا يسمعون فيها لغواonly: "Peace!"
الا سلماAnd they will have their provision there, morning and evening.
ولهم رزقهم فيها بكرة وعشياSuch is the Garden that We shall give as inheritance, among Our obedient ones, to whoever guarded himself.
تلك الجنة التي نورث من عبادنا من كان تقيا"We do not descend except by the command of your Guardian.
وما نتنزل الا بامر ربكTo Him belongs what is before us, what is behind us, and what is between that.
له ما بين ايدينا وما خلفنا وما بين ذلكAnd your Guardian is never forgetful."
وما كان ربك نسياThe Guardian of the heavens, the earth, and what is between them: so obey Him, and be constant in His obedience.
رب السموت والارض وما بينهما فاعبده واصطبر لعبدتهDo you know anyone who shares His attribute?
هل تعلم له سمياAnd the human being says: "When I am dead, shall I really be brought forth alive?"
ويقول الانسن اءذا ما مت لسوف اخرج حياDoes the human being not remember that We created him before, when he was nothing?
اولا يذكر الانسن انا خلقنه من قبل ولم يك شياBy your Guardian, We will surely gather them, along with the Diverters; then We will bring them, on their knees, around Jahannam.
فوربك لنحشرنهم والشيطين ثم لنحضرنهم حول جهنم جثياThen We will pluck out, from every faction, those most insolent toward the All-Benevolent.
ثم لننزعن من كل شيعة ايهم اشد على الرحمن عتياThen it is We who know best who most deserves to burn in it.
ثم لنحن اعلم بالذين هم اولى بها صلياThere is none of you but will come to it: that is, for your Guardian, an irrevocable decree.
وان منكم الا واردها كان على ربك حتما مقضياThen We will save those who guarded themselves, and leave the wrongdoers in it, on their knees.
ثم ننجي الذين اتقوا ونذر الظلمين فيها جثياAnd when Our clear signs are recited to them, those who disown say to those who believe: "Which of the two parties has the better standing and the finer assembly?"
واذا تتلى عليهم ءايتنا بينت قال الذين كفروا للذين ءامنوا اى الفريقين خير مقاما واحسن ندياHow many a generation before them We have annihilated, finer in possessions and in appearance!
وكم اهلكنا قبلهم من قرن هم احسن اثثا ورءياSay: "Whoever is in error, let the All-Benevolent extend for him a long respite!"
قل من كان في الضللة فليمدد له الرحمن مداuntil, seeing what they are promised — either the punishment or the Hour — they know who is worse in station and weaker in support.
حتى اذا راوا ما يوعدون اما العذاب واما الساعة فسيعلمون من هو شر مكانا واضعف جنداAnd God increases in guidance those who let themselves be guided.
ويزيد الله الذين اهتدوا هدىAnd the enduring, righteous deeds are, with your Guardian, better in requital and better in outcome.
والبقيت الصلحت خير عند ربك ثوابا وخير مرداHave you seen the one who disowned Our signs and said: "I will surely be given goods and children"? Has he pierced what escapes his presence, or taken a pact with the All-Benevolent? By no means!
افرءيت الذي كفر بايتنا وقال لاوتين مالا وولدا اطلع الغيب ام اتخذ عند الرحمن عهدا كلاWe will record what he says and extend for him the punishment, at length.
سنكتب ما يقول ونمد له من العذاب مداAnd We will inherit what he speaks of, and he will come to Us, alone.
ونرثه ما يقول وياتينا فرداThey have taken, besides God, deities, that they might be a might for them. By no means!
واتخذوا من دون الله ءالهة ليكونوا لهم عزا كلاThey will disown their obedience and stand against them as adversaries.
سيكفرون بعبادتهم ويكونون عليهم ضداHave you not seen that We have loosed the Diverters upon those who disown, inciting them relentlessly?
الم تر انا ارسلنا الشيطين على الكفرين توزهم ازاSo do not be hasty against them:
فلا تعجل عليهمWe are only counting out for them [their days], count by count.
انما نعد لهم عداThe Day We gather those who guarded themselves to the All-Benevolent, as a delegation, and drive the severed to Jahannam, like a herd to the watering-place.
يوم نحشر المتقين الى الرحمن وفدا ونسوق المجرمين الى جهنم ورداThey will hold no intercession, except one who has taken a pact with the All-Benevolent.
لا يملكون الشفعة الا من اتخذ عند الرحمن عهداAnd they have said: "The All-Benevolent has taken a child."
وقالوا اتخذ الرحمن ولداYou have put forth an enormity! The heavens nearly rupture from it, the earth splits open, and the mountains collapse in ruin — that they have ascribed a child to the All-Benevolent.
لقد جيتم شيا ادا تكاد السموت يتفطرن منه وتنشق الارض وتخر الجبال هدا ان دعوا للرحمن ولداIt does not befit the All-Benevolent to take a child.
وما ينبغي للرحمن ان يتخذ ولداThere is none in the heavens and the earth but comes to the All-Benevolent as an obedient one.
ان كل من في السموت والارض الا ءاتي الرحمن عبداHe has enumerated them and counted them, one by one.
لقد احصىهم وعدهم عداAnd each of them will come to Him, on the Day of Appearance, alone.
وكلهم ءاتيه يوم القيمة فرداTo those who have believed and done righteous deeds, the All-Benevolent will grant affection.
ان الذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت سيجعل لهم الرحمن وداWe have made it easy on your tongue only so that you may give glad tidings by it to those who guard themselves and warn by it a contentious people.
فانما يسرنه بلسانك لتبشر به المتقين وتنذر به قوما لداHow many a generation before them We have annihilated! Do you perceive a single one of them, or hear from them the faintest murmur?
وكم اهلكنا قبلهم من قرن هل تحس منهم من احد او تسمع لهم ركزا