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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةًۭ ۖ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمْزًۭا ۗ وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ كَثِيرًۭا وَسَبِّحْ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِبْكَٰرِ﴿٤١

Translation (Sahih International)

He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He Said, "Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt [Him with praise] in the evening and the morning."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
ٱجْعَلij'ʿalmake
لِّىٓfor me
ءَايَةًۭ ۖāyatana sign
قَالَqālaHe said
ءَايَتُكَāyatukayour sign
أَلَّاallā(is) that not
تُكَلِّمَtukallimayou will speak
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa(to) the people
ثَلَـٰثَةَthalāthata(for) three
أَيَّامٍayyāmindays
إِلَّاillāexcept
رَمْزًۭا ۗramzan(with) gestures
وَٱذْكُرwa-udh'kurAnd remember
رَّبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuch
وَسَبِّحْwasabbiḥand glorify (Him)
بِٱلْعَشِىِّbil-ʿashiyiin the evening
وَٱلْإِبْكَـٰرِwal-ib'kāriand (in) the morning

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Supplication of Zakariyya, and the Good News of Yahya's BirthWhen Zakariyya saw that Allah provided sustenance for Maryam by giving her the fruits of winter in summer and the fruits of summer in winter, he was eager to have a child of his own. By then, Zakariyya had become an old man, his bones feeble and his head full of gray hair. His wife was an old women who was barren.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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