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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةًۭ ۚ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَ لَيَالٍۢ سَوِيًّۭا﴿١٠

Translation (Sahih International)

[Zechariah] said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights, [being] sound."

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
ثَلَـٰثَthalātha(for) three
لَيَالٍۢlayālinnights
سَوِيًّۭاsawiyyansound

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Sign of the PregnancyAllah, the Exalted, informed about Zakariyya that he said,قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَل لِّى ءَايَةً(He (Zakariyya) said: "My Lord! Appoint for me a sign.") "Give me a sign and a proof of the existence of that which You have promised me, so that my soul will be at rest and my heart will be at ease with Your promise.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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