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فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِمْ أَن سَبِّحُوا۟ بُكْرَةًۭ وَعَشِيًّۭا﴿١١

Translation (Sahih International)

So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allah] in the morning and afternoon.

Word-by-word meaning

فَخَرَجَfakharajaThen he came out
عَلَىٰʿalāto
قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمِحْرَابِl-miḥ'rābithe prayer chamber
فَأَوْحَىٰٓfa-awḥāand he signaled
إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
أَنanto
سَبِّحُوا۟sabbiḥūglorify (Allah)
بُكْرَةًۭbuk'ratan(in) the morning
وَعَشِيًّۭاwaʿashiyyanand (in) the evening

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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