1. Kaf HaYaAeenSad. (These letters are one of the miracles of the Quran, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings).   

2. (This is) a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His slave Zakariya (Zachariah).   

3. When he called out his Lord (Allah) a call in secret,   

4. Saying: "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, since my wife is barren. So give me from Yourself an heir,   

6. "Who shall inherit me, and inherit (also) the posterity of Yaqoob (Jacob) (inheritance of the religious knowledge and Prophethood, not the wealth, etc.). And make him, my Lord, one with whom You are Well-pleased!".   

7. (Allah said) "O Zakariya (Zachariah)! Verily, We give you the glad tidings of a son, His name will be Yahya (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. (Zakariya (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-Mihrab (a praying place or a private room, etc.), he told them by signs to glorify Allahs Praises in the morning and in the afternoon.   

12. (It was said to his son): "O Yahya (John)! Hold fast the Scripture (the Taurat (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. Yahya (John)) and he was righteous,
   
14. And dutiful towards his parents, and he was neither an arrogant nor disobedient (to Allah or to his parents).   

15. And Salamun (peace) be on him the day he was born, the day he dies, and the day he will be raised up to life (again)!   

16. And mention in the Book (the Quran, O Muhammad SAW , the story of) Maryam (Mary), when she withdrew in seclusion from her family to a place facing east.   

17. She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her [bad word] (angel Jibrael (Gabriel)), and he appeared before her in the form of a man in all respects.   

18. She said: "Verily! I seek refuge with the Most Beneficent (Allah) from you, if you do fear Allah."   

19. (The angel) said: "I am only a Messenger from your Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a righteous son."   

20. She said: "How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, nor am I unchaste?"   

21. He said: "So (it will be), your Lord said: That is easy for Me (Allah): And (We wish) to appoint him as a sign to mankind and a mercy from Us (Allah), and it is a matter (already) decreed, (by Allah). "   

22. So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place (i.e. Bethlehem valley about 4-6 miles from [bad word] .   

23. And the pains of childbirth drove her to the [bad word] of a date-palm. She said: "Would that I had died before this, and had been forgotten and out of sight!"  <td class="Qura 

24.  But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-free): "Grieve not! for thy Lord hath provided a rivulet beneath thee; 

25.  "And shake towards thyself the [bad word] of the palm-tree: it will let fall fresh ripe dates upon thee. 

26.  "So eat and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see any man say `I have vowed a fast to (Allah) Most Gracious, and this day will I enter into no talk with any human being.' " 

27.  At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carryin