Kaf, Ha, Ya, 'Ayn, Sad.  

كهيعص  

˹This is˺ a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah  

ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُ زَكَرِيَّا  

When he called to his Lord a private supplication.  

إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ نِدَاءً خَفِيًّا  

He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy.  

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنْ بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا  

And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir  

وَإِنِّي خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِيَ مِنْ وَرَائِي وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِيًّا  

Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing ˹to You˺."  

يَرِثُنِي وَيَرِثُ مِنْ آلِ يَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَاجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا  

˹He was told˺, "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before ˹this˺ name."  

يَا زَكَرِيَّا إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ اسْمُهُ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا  

He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"  

قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا  

˹An angel˺ said, "Thus ˹it will be˺; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.' "  

قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْئًا  

˹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."  

قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ لِي آيَةً ۚ قَالَ آيَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ سَوِيًّا  

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

فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ مِنَ الْمِحْرَابِ فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنْ سَبِّحُوا بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا  

˹Allah˺ said, "O John, take the Scripture with determination." And We gave him judgement ˹while yet˺ a boy  

يَا يَحْيَىٰ خُذِ الْكِتَابَ بِقُوَّةٍ ۖ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْحُكْمَ صَبِيًّا  

And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allah  

وَحَنَانًا مِنْ لَدُنَّا وَزَكَاةً ۖ وَكَانَ تَقِيًّا  

And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant.  

وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ جَبَّارًا عَصِيًّا  

And peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive.  

وَسَلَامٌ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ حَيًّا