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Maryam 19:12 يا يحيى خذ الكتاب بقوة واتيناه الحكم صبيا ١٢

19:12
يَٰيَحۡيَىٰ
خُذِ
ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ
بِقُوَّةٖۖ
وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ
ٱلۡحُكۡمَ
صَبِيّٗا
١٢
(It was said to his son): "O Yahyâ (John)! Hold fast the Scripture [the Taurât (Torah)]." And We gave him wisdom while yet a child.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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Chapter 19, Page 306, Juz 16

1. Kâf-Hâ-Yâ-‘Aîn-Sâd. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur’ân, and none but Allâh (Alone) knows their meanings]. 2. (This is) a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His slave Zakariyyâ (Zachariah). 3. When he called out his Lord (Allâh) a call in secret. 4. He said: "My Lord! Indeed my bones have grown feeble, and grey hair has spread on my head, And I have never been unblest in my invocation to You, O my Lord! 5. "And verily I fear my relatives after me, and my wife is barren. So give me from Yourself an heir. 6. "Who shall inherit me, and inherit (also) the posterity of Ya‘qûb (Jacob) (inheritance of the religious knowledge and Prophethood, not of wealth.). And make him, my Lord, one with whom You are Well-Pleased!" 7. (Allâh said) "O Zakariyyâ (Zachariah)! Verily, We give you the glad tidings of a son, whose name will be Yahyâ (John). We have given that 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 the extreme old age." 9. He said: "So (it will be). Your Lord says: It is easy for Me. Certainly I have created you before, when you had been nothing!" 10. [Zakariyyâ (Zachariah)] said: "My Lord! Appoint for me a sign." He said: "Your sign is that you shall not speak unto mankind for three nights, though having no bodily defect." 11. Then he came out to his people from Al-Mihrâb (a praying place or a private room), and he told them by signs to glorify Allâh’s Praises in the morning and in the afternoon. 12. (It was said to his son): "O Yahyâ (John)! Hold fast the Scripture [the Taurât (Torah)]." And We gave him wisdom while yet a child. 13. And (made him) sympathetic to men as a mercy (or a grant) from Us, and pure from sins [i.e. Yahyâ (John)] and he was righteous, 14. And dutiful towards his parents, and he was neither arrogant nor disobedient (to Allâh or to his parents). 15. And Salâm (peace) be on him the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he will be raised up to life (again)!

- Al-Hilali & Khan

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