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O Yahya

Hold

the Scripture

with strength

And We gave him

[the] wisdom

(when he was) a child

And affection

from

Us

and purity

and he was

righteous

And dutiful

to his parents

and not

he was

a tyrant

disobedient

And peace be

upon him

(the) day

he was born

and (the) day

he dies

and (the) day

he will be raised

alive

And mention

in

the Book

Maryam

when

she withdrew

from

her family

(to) a place

eastern

Then she took

from them

from them

a screen

Then We sent

to her

Our Spirit

then he assumed for her the likeness

then he assumed for her the likeness

(of) a man

well-proportioned

She said

Indeed, I

[I] seek refuge

with the Most Gracious

from you

if

you are

God fearing

He said

Only

I am

a Messenger

(from) your Lord

that I (may) bestow

on you

a son

pure

She said

How

can be

for me

a son

when not

has touched me

a man

and not

I am

unchaste

He said

Thus

said

your Lord

'It

(is) for Me

easy

and so that We will make him

a sign

for the mankind

and a Mercy

from Us

And (it) is

a matter

decreed.'

So she conceived him

and she withdrew

with him

(to) a place

remote

Then drove her

the pains of childbirth

to

(the) trunk

(of) the date-palm

She said

O! I wish

I (had) died

before

this

and I was

(in) oblivion

forgotten

So cried to her

from

beneath her

That (do) not

grieve

verily

(has) placed

your Lord

beneath you

a stream

And shake

towards you

(the) trunk

(of) the date-palm

it will drop

upon you

fresh dates

ripe