1 Kaf. Ha. Ya. A'in. Sad.
Trivia:
Surah 19
Mary (Maryam)
19:1-15
Kaf. Ha. Ya. A'in. Sad. [1]
2 A mention of the mercy of thy Lord unto His servant Zachariah.
3 When he cried unto his Lord a cry in secret,
Zachariah cried out to his Lord, saying,
4 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.
I'm an old man with grey hair.
5 Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor
And my wife is barren.
6 Who shall inherit of me and inherit (also) of the house of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, acceptable (unto Thee).
I need a son to succeed me.
7 (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).
8 He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached infirm old age?
9 He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me, even as I created thee before, when thou wast naught.
Someone said to him,
You're going to have a son named John.
Zecharish said,
How's that going to happen?
My wife is barren and I'm an old man.
He said, "The Lord said it'd be easy for him to do."
10 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.
11 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.
12 (And it was said unto his son): O John! Hold fast the Scripture. And we gave him wisdom when a child,
13 And compassion from Our presence, and purity; and he was devout,
14 And dutiful toward his parents. And he was not arrogant, rebellious.
15 Peace on him the day he was born, and the day he dieth and the day he shall be raised alive!
Sometime later, John was born.
19:16-34
16 And make mention of Mary in the Scripture, when she had withdrawn from her people to a chamber looking East,
17 And had chosen seclusion from them. Then We sent unto her Our Spirit and it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man.
18 She said: Lo! I seek refuge in the Beneficent One from thee, if thou art God- fearing.
We [Allah] sent Mary our spirit [3]
and it appeared as a perfect man.
19 He said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless son.
He said to her,
You're going to get pregnant and deliver a faultless man.
20 She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste?
She said,
How's that going to happen?
No one has ever touched me?
21 He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me. And (it will be) that We may make of him a revelation for mankind and a mercy from Us, and it is a thing ordained.
He said,
Your Lord said it'd be easy for him.
22 And she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place.
And she conceived.
23 And the pangs of childbirth drove her unto the trunk of the palm-tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died ere this and had become a thing of naught, forgotten!
The pain of childbirth drove Mary to the trunk of a palm tree.
She said,
I wish I were dead.
24 Then (one) cried unto her from below her, saying: Grieve not! Thy Lord hath placed a rivulet beneath thee,
25 And shake the trunk of the palm-tree toward thee, thou wilt cause ripe dates to fall upon thee.
26 So eat and drink and be consoled. And if thou meetest any mortal, say: Lo! I have vowed a fast unto the Beneficent, and may not speak this day to any mortal.
Someone from below said to her,
Don't be sad. Thy Lord has put a small river below you.
Shake the trunk of the palm tree and ripe dates will fall.
27 Then she brought him to her own folk, carrying him. They said: O Mary! Thou hast come with an amazing thing.
28 O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot.
29 Then she pointed to him. They said: How can we talk to one who is in the cradle, a young boy?
After Jesus was born, Mary brought him to her family, who said to her,
Oh sister of Aaron, [4]
Your father wasn't wicked and your mother wasn't a harlot.
She pointed at the baby, and they said,
How can we talk to a baby in a cradle?
30 He spake: Lo! I am the slave of Allah. He hath given me the Scripture and hath appointed me a Prophet,
31 And hath made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and hath enjoined upon me prayer and almsgiving so long as I remain alive,
32 And (hath made me) dutiful toward her who bore me, and hath not made me arrogant, unblest.
Then the baby Jesus said,
I'm the slave of Allah.
He has given me the Scripture
and has made me a prophet.
33 Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!
34 Such was Jesus, son of Mary: (this is) a statement of the truth concerning which they doubt.
When I die I'll be rasied alive!
Notes
- Kaf. Ha. Ya. A'in. Sad. (v.1)
Many surahs begin with three arabic letters. This is the only one that begins with five.
In every case, however, they are completely meaningless, since no one knows what they mean.
- Shalt not speak unto mankind three nights. (v.10)
In Luke's gospel, Zechariah couldn't speak for much longer than three nights. He couldn't speak until after John was born (at least nine months). (See Luke 1:18-45.)
- We sent unto her Our Spirit. (v.17)
- O sister of Aaron. (v.28)
The author of the Quran confused Mary with Miriam. (A mistake of about 1400 years.)