19:26
فَكُلِي
fakuli
So eat
وَٱشۡرَبِي
wa-ish'rabi
and drink
وَقَرِّي
waqarri
and cool
عَيۡنٗاۖ
aynan
(your) eyes
فَإِمَّا
fa-imma
And if
تَرَيِنَّ
tarayinna
you see
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلۡبَشَرِ
al-bashari
human being
أَحَدٗا
ahadan
anyone
فَقُولِيٓ
faquli
then say
إِنِّي
inni
Indeed I
نَذَرۡتُ
nadhartu
[I] have vowed
لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ
lilrrahmani
to the Most Gracious
صَوۡمٗا
sawman
a fast
فَلَنۡ
falan
so not
أُكَلِّمَ
ukallima
I will speak
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ
al-yawma
today
إِنسِيّٗا
insiyyan
(to any) human being
٢٦

so eat, drink, be glad, and say to anyone you may see: “I have vowed to the Lord of Mercy to abstain from conversation, and I will not talk to anyone today.”’

Translation 1260

19:27
فَأَتَتۡ
fa-atat
Then she came
بِهِۦ
bihi
with him
قَوۡمَهَا
qawmaha
(to) her people
تَحۡمِلُهُۥۖ
tahmiluhu
carrying him
قَالُواْ
qalu
They said
يَٰمَرۡيَمُ
yamaryamu
O Maryam
لَقَدۡ
laqad
Certainly
جِئۡتِ
ji'ti
you (have) brought
شَيۡـٔٗا
shayan
an amazing thing
فَرِيّٗا
fariyyan
an amazing thing
٢٧

She went back to her people carrying the child, and they said, ‘Mary! You have done something terrible

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19:28
يَٰٓأُخۡتَ
yaukh'ta
O sister
هَٰرُونَ
haruna
(of) Harun
مَا
ma
Not
كَانَ
kana
was
أَبُوكِ
abuki
your father
ٱمۡرَأَ
im'ra-a
an evil man
سَوۡءٖ
sawin
an evil man
وَمَا
wama
and not
كَانَتۡ
kanat
was
أُمُّكِ
ummuki
your mother
بَغِيّٗا
baghiyyan
unchaste
٢٨

Sister of Aaron! Your father was not an evil man; your mother was not unchaste!’

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19:29
فَأَشَارَتۡ
fa-asharat
Then she pointed
إِلَيۡهِۖ
ilayhi
to him
قَالُواْ
qalu
They said
كَيۡفَ
kayfa
How
نُكَلِّمُ
nukallimu
(can) we speak
مَن
man
(to one) who
كَانَ
kana
is
فِي
fi
in
ٱلۡمَهۡدِ
al-mahdi
the cradle
صَبِيّٗا
sabiyyan
a child
٢٩

She pointed at him. They said, ‘How can we converse with an infant?’

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19:30
قَالَ
qala
He said
إِنِّي
inni
Indeed I am
عَبۡدُ
abdu
a slave
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
ءَاتَىٰنِيَ
ataniya
He gave me
ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ
al-kitaba
the Scripture
وَجَعَلَنِي
waja'alani
and made me
نَبِيّٗا
nabiyyan
a Prophet
٣٠

[But] he said: ‘I am a servant of God. He has granted me the Scripture; made me a prophet

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19:31
وَجَعَلَنِي
waja'alani
And He (has) made me
مُبَارَكًا
mubarakan
blessed
أَيۡنَ
ayna
wherever
مَا
ma
wherever
كُنتُ
kuntu
I am
وَأَوۡصَٰنِي
wa-awsani
and has enjoined (on) me
بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ
bil-salati
[of] the prayer
وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ
wal-zakati
and zakah
مَا
ma
as long as I am
دُمۡتُ
dum'tu
as long as I am
حَيّٗا
hayyan
alive
٣١

made me blessed wherever I may be. He commanded me to pray, to give alms as long as I live

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19:32
وَبَرَّۢا
wabarran
And dutiful
بِوَٰلِدَتِي
biwalidati
to my mother
وَلَمۡ
walam
and not
يَجۡعَلۡنِي
yaj'alni
He (has) made me
جَبَّارٗا
jabbaran
insolent
شَقِيّٗا
shaqiyyan
unblessed
٣٢

to cherish my mother. He did not make me domineering or graceless

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19:33
وَٱلسَّلَٰمُ
wal-salamu
And peace (be)
عَلَيَّ
alayya
on me
يَوۡمَ
yawma
(the) day
وُلِدتُّ
wulidttu
I was born
وَيَوۡمَ
wayawma
and (the) day
أَمُوتُ
amutu
I will die
وَيَوۡمَ
wayawma
and (the) Day
أُبۡعَثُ
ub'athu
I will be raised
حَيّٗا
hayyan
alive
٣٣

Peace was on me the day I was born, and will be on me the day I die and the day I am raised to life again.’

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19:34
ذَٰلِكَ
dhalika
That
عِيسَى
isa
(was) Isa
ٱبۡنُ
ub'nu
(the) son
مَرۡيَمَۖ
maryama
(of) Maryam
قَوۡلَ
qawla
a statement
ٱلۡحَقِّ
al-haqi
(of) truth
ٱلَّذِي
alladhi
that which
فِيهِ
fihi
about it
يَمۡتَرُونَ
yamtaruna
they dispute
٣٤

Such was Jesus, son of Mary. [This is] a statement of the Truth about which they are in doubt

Translation 1260

19:35
مَا
ma
Not
كَانَ
kana
(it) is
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
for Allah
أَن
an
that
يَتَّخِذَ
yattakhidha
He should take
مِن
min
any son
وَلَدٖۖ
waladin
any son
سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥٓۚ
sub'hanahu
Glory be to Him
إِذَا
idha
When
قَضَىٰٓ
qada
He decrees
أَمۡرٗا
amran
a matter
فَإِنَّمَا
fa-innama
then only
يَقُولُ
yaqulu
He says
لَهُۥ
lahu
to it
كُن
kun
Be
فَيَكُونُ
fayakunu
and it is
٣٥

it would not befit God to have a child. He is far above that: when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ and it is

Translation 1260

19:36
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
رَبِّي
rabbi
(is) my Lord
وَرَبُّكُمۡ
warabbukum
and your Lord
فَٱعۡبُدُوهُۚ
fa-u'buduhu
so worship Him
هَٰذَا
hadha
This
صِرَٰطٞ
siratun
(is) a path
مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ
mus'taqimun
straight
٣٦

‘God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him: that is a straight path.’

Translation 1260

19:37
فَٱخۡتَلَفَ
fa-ikh'talafa
But differed
ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ
al-ahzabu
the sects
مِنۢ
min
from among them
بَيۡنِهِمۡۖ
baynihim
from among them
فَوَيۡلٞ
fawaylun
so woe
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhina
to those who
كَفَرُواْ
kafaru
disbelieve
مِن
min
from
مَّشۡهَدِ
mashhadi
(the) witnessing
يَوۡمٍ
yawmin
(of) a Day
عَظِيمٍ
azimin
great
٣٧

But factions have differed among themselves. What suffering will come to those who obscure the truth when a dreadful Day arrives

Translation 1260

19:38
أَسۡمِعۡ
asmi'
How they will hear
بِهِمۡ
bihim
How they will hear
وَأَبۡصِرۡ
wa-absir
and how (they will) see
يَوۡمَ
yawma
(the) Day
يَأۡتُونَنَا
yatunana
they will come to Us
لَٰكِنِ
lakini
but
ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
al-zalimuna
the wrongdoers
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ
al-yawma
today
فِي
fi
(are) in
ضَلَٰلٖ
dalalin
error
مُّبِينٖ
mubinin
clear
٣٨

How sharp of hearing, how sharp of sight they will be when they come to Us, although now they are clearly off course! Warn them [Muhammad] of the Day of Remorse when the matter will be decided

Translation 1260