Surah Maryam Word by Word Translation, Transliteration with Audio

kaf-ha-ya-ain-sad

Kãf-Ha-Ya-’Aĩn- Ṣãd.

dhik'ru raḥmati rabbika ʿabdahu zakariyyā

˹This is˺ a reminder of your Lord’s mercy to His servant Zachariah,

idh nādā rabbahu nidāan khafiyyan

when he cried out to his Lord privately,

qāla rabbi innī wahana l-ʿaẓmu minnī wa-ish'taʿala l-rasu shayban walam akun biduʿāika rabbi shaqiyyan

saying, “My Lord! Surely my bones have become brittle, and grey hair has spread across my head, but I have never been disappointed in my prayer to You, my Lord!

wa-innī khif'tu l-mawāliya min warāī wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran fahab lī min ladunka waliyyan

And I am concerned about ˹the faith of˺ my relatives after me, since my wife is barren. So grant me, by Your grace, an heir,

yarithunī wayarithu min āli yaʿqūba wa-ij'ʿalhu rabbi raḍiyyan

who will inherit ˹prophethood˺ from me and the family of Jacob, and make him, O Lord, pleasing ˹to You˺!”

yāzakariyyā innā nubashiruka bighulāmin us'muhu yaḥyā lam najʿal lahu min qablu samiyyan

˹The angels announced,˺ “O Zachariah! Indeed, We give you the good news of ˹the birth of˺ a son, whose name will be John—a name We have not given to anyone before.”

qāla rabbi annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran waqad balaghtu mina l-kibari ʿitiyyan

He wondered, “My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren, and I have become extremely old?”

qāla kadhālika qāla rabbuka huwa ʿalayya hayyinun waqad khalaqtuka min qablu walam taku shayan

An angel replied, “So will it be! Your Lord says, ‘It is easy for Me, just as I created you before, when you were nothing!’”

qāla rabbi ij'ʿal lī āyatan qāla āyatuka allā tukallima l-nāsa thalātha layālin sawiyyan

Zachariah said, “My Lord! Grant me a sign.” He responded, “Your sign is that you will not ˹be able to˺ speak to people for three nights, despite being healthy.”

fakharaja ʿalā qawmihi mina l-miḥ'rābi fa-awḥā ilayhim an sabbiḥū buk'ratan waʿashiyyan

So he came out to his people from the sanctuary, signalling to them to glorify ˹Allah˺ morning and evening.

yāyaḥyā khudhi l-kitāba biquwwatin waātaynāhu l-ḥuk'ma ṣabiyyan

˹It was later said,˺ “O John! Hold firmly to the Scriptures.” And We granted him wisdom while ˹he was still˺ a child,

waḥanānan min ladunnā wazakatan wakāna taqiyyan

as well as purity and compassion from Us. And he was God-fearing,

wabarran biwālidayhi walam yakun jabbāran ʿaṣiyyan

and kind to his parents. He was neither arrogant nor disobedient.

wasalāmun ʿalayhi yawma wulida wayawma yamūtu wayawma yub'ʿathu ḥayyan

Peace be upon him the day he was born, and the day of his death, and the day he will be raised back to life!

wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi maryama idhi intabadhat min ahlihā makānan sharqiyyan

And mention in the Book ˹O Prophet, the story of˺ Mary when she withdrew from her family to a place in the east,

fa-ittakhadhat min dūnihim ḥijāban fa-arsalnā ilayhā rūḥanā fatamathala lahā basharan sawiyyan

screening herself off from them. Then We sent to her Our angel, ˹Gabriel,˺ appearing before her as a man, perfectly formed.

qālat innī aʿūdhu bil-raḥmāni minka in kunta taqiyyan

She appealed, “I truly seek refuge in the Most Compassionate from you! ˹So leave me alone˺ if you are God-fearing.”

qāla innamā anā rasūlu rabbiki li-ahaba laki ghulāman zakiyyan

He responded, “I am only a messenger from your Lord, ˹sent˺ to bless you with a pure son.”

qālat annā yakūnu lī ghulāmun walam yamsasnī basharun walam aku baghiyyan

She wondered, “How can I have a son when no man has ever touched me, nor am I unchaste?”

qāla kadhāliki qāla rabbuki huwa ʿalayya hayyinun walinajʿalahu āyatan lilnnāsi waraḥmatan minnā wakāna amran maqḍiyyan

He replied, “So will it be! Your Lord says, ‘It is easy for Me. And so will We make him a sign for humanity and a mercy from Us.’ It is a matter ˹already˺ decreed.”

faḥamalathu fa-intabadhat bihi makānan qaṣiyyan

So she conceived him and withdrew with him to a remote place.

fa-ajāahā l-makhāḍu ilā jidh'ʿi l-nakhlati qālat yālaytanī mittu qabla hādhā wakuntu nasyan mansiyyan

Then the pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She cried, “Alas! I wish I had died before this, and was a thing long forgotten!”

fanādāhā min taḥtihā allā taḥzanī qad jaʿala rabbuki taḥtaki sariyyan

So a voice reassured her from below her, “Do not grieve! Your Lord has provided a stream at your feet.

wahuzzī ilayki bijidh'ʿi l-nakhlati tusāqiṭ ʿalayki ruṭaban janiyyan

And shake the trunk of this palm tree towards you, it will drop fresh, ripe dates upon you.

fakulī wa-ish'rabī waqarrī ʿaynan fa-immā tarayinna mina l-bashari aḥadan faqūlī innī nadhartu lilrraḥmāni ṣawman falan ukallima l-yawma insiyyan

So eat and drink, and put your heart at ease. But if you see any of the people, say, ‘I have vowed silence to the Most Compassionate, so I am not talking to anyone today.’”

fa-atat bihi qawmahā taḥmiluhu qālū yāmaryamu laqad ji'ti shayan fariyyan

Then she returned to her people, carrying him. They said ˹in shock˺, “O Mary! You have certainly done a horrible thing!

yāukh'ta hārūna mā kāna abūki im'ra-a sawin wamā kānat ummuki baghiyyan

O sister of Aaron! Your father was not an indecent man, nor was your mother unchaste.”

fa-ashārat ilayhi qālū kayfa nukallimu man kāna fī l-mahdi ṣabiyyan

So she pointed to the baby. They exclaimed, “How can we talk to someone who is an infant in the cradle?”

qāla innī ʿabdu l-lahi ātāniya l-kitāba wajaʿalanī nabiyyan

Jesus declared, “I am truly a servant of Allah. He has destined me to be given the Scripture and to be a prophet.