# Sura  19 - Mary

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> SURA XIX (19) - MARY     (Mecca - 98 Verses)                    (LVIII - 117)
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
>  
>        Kaf. Ha. Ya. Ain. Sad.  A recital of thy Lord's mercy to his servant
> Zachariah;
>  
>        When he called upon his Lord with secret calling,
>  
>        And said, "O Lord, verily my bones are weakened, and the hoar hairs
> glisten on my head,
>  
>        And never, Lord, have I prayed to thee with ill success.
>  
>        But now I have fears for my kindred after me; and my wife is barren:
>  
>        Give me, then, a successor as thy special gift, who shall be my heir and
> an heir of the family of Jacob:  and make him, Lord, well pleasing to thee."
>  
>        - "O Zachariah! verily we announce to thee a son, - his name John:
>  
>        That name We have given to none before him."
>  
>        He said:  "O my Lord! how when my wife is barren shall I have a son, and
> when I have now reached old age, failing in my powers?"
>  
> 19:10  He said:  So shall it be.  Thy Lord hath said, Easy is this to me, for
> I created thee aforetime when thou wast nothing."
>  
>        He said, "Vouchsafe me, O my Lord! a sign."  He said:  "Thy sign shall
> be that for three nights, though sound in health, thou speakest not to man."
>  
>        And he came forth from the sanctuary to his people, and made signs to
> them to sign praises morn and even.
>  
>        We said:  "O John! receive the Book with purpose of heart:" - and We
> bestowed on him wisdom while yet a child;
>  
>        And mercifulness from Ourself, and purity; and pious was he, and duteous
> to his parents; and not proud, rebellious.
>  
>        And peace was on him on the day he was born, and the day of his death,
> and shall be on the day when he shall be raised to life!
>  
>        And make mention in the Book, of Mary, when she went apart from her
> family, eastward,
>  
>        And took a veil to shroud herself from them:  and we sent our spirit to
> her, and he took before her the form of a perfect man.
>  
>        She said:  "I fly for refuge from thee to the God of Merch!  If thou
> fearest Him, begone from lme."
>  
>        He said:  "I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee
> a holy son."
>  
> 19:20  She said: "How shall I have a son, when man hath never touched me?  and
> I am not unchaste."
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>        He said:  "So shall it be.  Thy Lord hath said: 'Easy is this with me:'
> and we will make him a sign to mankind, and mercy from us.  For it is a thing
> decreed."
>  
>        And she conceived him, and retired with him to a far-off place.
>  
>        And the throes came upon her by the trunk of a palm.  She said:  "Oh,
> would that I had died ere this, and been a thing forgotten, forgotten quite!"
>  
>        And one cried to her from below her:  "Grieve not thou, thy Lord hath
> provided a streamlet at thy feet: -
>  
>        And shake the trunk of the palm-tree toward thee:  it will drop fresh
> ripe dates upon thee.
>  
>        Eat then and drink, and be of cheerful eye:  and shouldst thou see a
> man,
>  
>        Say, - Verily, I have vowed abstinence to the God of mercy. - To no one
> will I speak this day."
>  
>        Then came she with the babe to her people, bearing him.  They said, "O
> Mary! now hast thou done a strange thing!
>  
>        O sister of Aaron!  Thy father was not a man of wickedness, nor unchaste
> thy mother."
>  
> 19:30  And she made a sign to them, pointing towards the babe.  They said,
> "How shall we speak with him who is in the cradle, an infant?"
>  
>        It said, "Verily, I am the servant of God; He hath given me the Book,
> and He hath made me a prophet;
>  
>        And he hath made me blessed wherever I may be, and hath enjoined me
> prayer and almsgiving so long as I shall live;
>  
>        And to be duteous to her that bare me:  and he hath not made me proud,
> depraved.
>  
>        And the peace of God was on me the day I was born, and will be the day I
> shall die, and the day I shall be raised to life."
>  
>        This is Jesus, the son of Mary; this is a statement of the truth
> concerning which they doubt.
>  
>        It beseemeth not God to beget a son.  Glory be to Him! when he decreeth
> a thing.  He only saith to it, Be, and it Is.
>  
>        And verily, God is my Lord and your Lord; adore Him then.  This is the
> right way.
>  
>        But the Sects have fallen to variance among themselves about Jesus:  but
> woe, because of the assembly of a great day, to those who believe not!
>  
>        Make them hear, make them behold the day when they shall come before us!
> But the offenders this day are in a manifest error.
>  
> 19:40  Warn them of the day of sighing when the decree shall be accomplished,
> while they are sunk in heedlessness and while they believe not.
>  
>        Verily, we will inherit the earth and all who are upon it.  To us shall
> they be brought back.
>  
>        Make mention also in the Book of Abraham; for he was a man of truth, a
> Prophet.
>  
>        When he said to his Father, "O my Father! why dost thou worship that
> which neither seeth nor heareth, nor profiteth thee aught?
>  
>        O my Father! verily now hath knowledge come to me which hath not come to
> thee.  Follow me therefore - I will guide thee into an even path.
>  
>        O my Father! worship not Satan, for Satan is a rebel against the God of
> Mercy.
>  
>        O my Father! indeed I fear lest a chastisement from the God of Mercy
> light upon thee, and thou become Satan's vassal."
>  
>        He said, "Castest thou off my Gods, O Abraham?  if thou forbear not, I
> will surely stone thee.  Begone from me for a length of time."
>  
>        He said, "Peace be on thee!  I will pray my Lord for thy forgiveness,
> for he is gracious to me:
>  
>        But I will separate myself from you, and the gods ye call on beside Go,
> and on my Lord will I call.  Haply, my prayers to my Lord will not be with ill
> success."
>  
> 19:50  And when he had separated himself from them and that which they
> worshipped beside God, we bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and each of them we
> made a prophet:
>  
>        And we bestowed gifts of them in our mercy, and gave them the lofty
> tongue of truth."
>  
>        And commemorate Moses in "the Book;" for he was a man of purity:
> moreover he was an Apostle, a Prophet:
>  
>        From the right side of the mountain we called to him, and caused him to
> draw nigh to us for secret converse:
>  
>        And we bestowed on him in our mercy his brother Aaron, a Prophet.
>  
>        And commemorate Ismael in "the Book;" for he was true to his promise,
> and was an Apostle, a Prophet;
>  
>        And he enjoined prayer and almsgiving on his people, and was well
> pleasing to his Lord.
>  
>        And commemorate Edris in "the Book;" for he was a man of truth, a
> Prophet:
>  
>        And we uplifted him to a place on high.
>  
>        These are they among the prophets of the posterity of Adam, and among
> those whom we bare with Noah, and among the posterity of Abraham and Israel,
> and among those whom we have guided and chosen, to whom God hath shewed favour.
> When the signs of the God of Mercy were rehearsed to them, they bowed them down
> worshipping and weeping.
>  
> 19:60  But others have come in their place after them:  they have made an end
> of prayer, and have gone after their own lusts; and in the end they shall meet
> with evil: -
>  
>        Save those who turn and believe and do that which is right, these shall
> enter the Garden, and in nought shall they be wronged:
>  
>        The Garden of Eden, which the God of Mercy hath promised to his servant,
> though yet unseen:  for his promise shall come to pass:
>  
>        No vain discourse shall they hear therein, but only "Peace;" and their
> food shall be given them at morn and even:
>  
>        This is the Paradise which we will make the heritage of those our
> servants who fear us.
>  
>        We come not down from heaven but by thy Lord's command.  His, whatever
> is before us and whatever is behind us, and whatever is between the two!  And
> thy Lord is not forgetful, -
>  
>        Lord of the Heavens and of the Earth, and of all that is between them!
> Worship Him, then, and abide thou steadfast in his worship.  Knoweth thou any
> other of the same name?
>  
>        Man saith:  "What! after I am dead, shall I in the end be brought forth
> alive?"
>  
>        Doth not man bear in mind that we made him at first, when he was nought?
>  
>        And I swear by thy Lord, we will surely gather together them and the
> Satans:  then will we set them on their knees round Hell:
>  
> 19:70  Then will we take forth from each band those of them who have been
> stoutest in rebellion against the God of Mercy:
>  
>        Then shall we know right well to whom its burning is most due:
>  
>        No one is there of you who shall not go down unto it - This is a settled
> decree with thy Lord -
>  
>        Then will we deliver those who had the fear of God, and the wicked will
> we leave in it on their knees.
>  
>        And when our clear signs are rehearsed to them, the infidels say to
> those who believe:  "Which of the two parties is in the best plight?  and
> which is the most goodly company?"
>  
>        But how many generations have we brought to ruin before them, who
> surpassed them in riches and in splendour!
>  
>        Say:  As to those who are in error, the God of Mercy will lengthen out
> to them a length of days
>  
>        Until they see that with which they are threatened, whether it be some
> present chastisement, or whether it be "the Hour," and they shall then know
> which is in the worse state, and which the more weak in forces:
>  
>        But God will increase the guidance of the already guided.
>  
>        And good works which abide, are in thy Lord's sight better in respect of
> guerdon, and better in the issue than all worldly good.
>  
> 19:80  Hast thou marked him who believeth not in our signs, and saith, "I
> shall surely have riches and children bestowed upon me?"
>  
>        Hath he mounted up into the secrets of God?  hath he made a compact with
> the God of Mercy?
>  
>        No! we will certainly write down what he saith, and will lengthen the
> length of his chastisement:
>  
>        And We will inherit what he spake of, and he shall come before us all
> alone.
>  
>        They have taken other gods beside God to be their help.
>  
>        But it shall not be.  Those gods will disavow their worship and will
> become their enemies.
>  
>        Seest thou not that we send the Satans against the Infidels to urge them
> into sin?
>  
>        Wherefore be not thou in haste with them; for a small number of days do
> we number to them.
>  
>        One day we will gather the God-fearing before the God of Mercy with
> honours due:
>  
>        But the sinners will we drive unto Hell, like flocks driven to the
> watering.
>  
> 19:90  None shall have power to intercede, save he who hath received
> permission at the hands of the God of Mercy.
>  
>        They say:  "The God of Mercy hath gotten offspring."  Now have ye done a
> monstrous thing!
>  
>        Almost might the very Heavens be rent thereat, and the Earth cleave
> asunder, and the mountains fall down in fragments,
>  
>        That they ascribe a son to the God of Mercy, when it beseemeth not the
> God of Mercy to beget a son!
>  
>        Verily there is none in the Heavens and in the Earth but shall approach
> the God of Mercy as a servant.  He hath taken note of them, and numbered them
> with exact numbering:
>  
>        And each of them shall come to Him, on the day of Resurrection, singly:
>  
>        But love with the God of Mercy vouchsafe to those who believe and do the
> things that be right.
>  
>        Verily we have made this Koran easy and in thine own tongue, that thou
> mayest announce glad tidings by it to the God-fearing, and that thou mayest
> warn the contentious by it.
>  
>        How many generations have we destroyed before them!  Canst thou search
> out one of them? or canst thou hear a whisper from them?
>
> — *Sura  19 - Mary*