answered): "O Zakariya! We give thee good news of a
son: His name shall be Yahya: on none by that name have We conferred
distinction before."

P: (It was said unto him): O Zachariah! Lo! We bring thee tidings of a
son whose name is John; we have given the same name to none before
(him).

S: O Zakariya! surely We give you good news of a boy whose name shall be
Yahya: We have not made before anyone his equal.

019.008
Y: He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren
and I have grown quite decrepit from old age?"

P: He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I
have reached infirm old age?

S: He said: O my Lord! when shall I have a son, and my wife is barren,
and I myself have reached indeed the extreme degree of old age?

019.009
Y: He said: "So (it will be) thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: I did
indeed create thee before, when thou hadst been nothing!'"

P: He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me, even as
I created thee before, when thou wast naught.

S: He said: So shall it be, your Lord says: It is easy to Me, and indeed
I created you before, when you were nothing.

019.010
Y: (Zakariya) said: "O my Lord! give me a Sign." "Thy Sign," was the
answer, "Shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three nights,
although thou art not dumb."

P: He said: My Lord! Appoint for me some token. He said: Thy token is
that thou, with no bodily defect, shalt not speak unto mankind three
nights.

S: He said: My Lord! give me a sign. He said: Your sign is that you will
not be able to speak to the people three nights while in sound health.

019.011
Y: So Zakariya came out to his people from him chamber: He told them by
signs to celebrate Allah's praises in the morning and in the evening.

P: Then he came forth unto his people from the sanctuary, and signified
to them: Glorify your Lord at break of day and fall of night.

S: So he went forth to his people from his place of worship, then he
made known to them that they should glorify (Allah) morning and
evening.

019.012
Y: (To his son came the command): "O Yahya! take hold of the Book with
might": and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth,

P: (And it was said unto his son): O John! Hold fast the Scripture. And
we gave him wisdom when a child,

S: O Yahya! take hold of the Book with strength, and We granted him
wisdom while yet a child,

019.013
Y: And piety (for all creatures) as from Us, a