بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـنِ الرَّحِیمِ
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MERCIFUL THE COMPASSIONATE
کهیعص(( 1 ))
1- K-H-Y-A-S (KÄFِHÄِYÄِAINِSÄD)
ذِکْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّکَ عَبْدَهُ زَکَرِیَّ(( 2 ))
2- (HERE COMES) THE MENTION OF YOUR LORD'S MERCY TO HIS SERVANT, ZACHARIAS.
إِذْ نَادَى رَبَّهُ نِدَاءً خَفِیّ(( 3 ))
3- WHEN HE CALLED UPON HIS LORD IN A LOW VOICE:
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَیْباً وَلَمْ أَکُنْ بِدُعَائِکَ رَبِّ شَقِیّ(( 4 ))
4- HE SAID:ِ ``MY LORD! MY BONES ARE WEAKENED, AND MY HEAD IS INFLAMED WITH OLD AGE, AND I WAS NOT LEFT UNANSWERED WHEN CALLING YOU.''
وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِىَ مِنْ وَرَائِى وَکَانَتْ امْرَأَتِى عَاقِراً فَهَبْ لِى مِنْ لَدُنْکَ وَلِیّ(( 5 ))
5- AND I AM AFRAID OF MY KINSFOLK AFTER I AM GONE, AND MY WIFE IS BARREN. SO GRANT A SUCCESSOR OF YOURSELF.
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یَرِثُنِى وَیَرِثُ مِنْ آلِ یَعْقُوبَ وَاجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِیّاً (( 6 ))
6- SO AS TO INHERIT ME, AND INHERIT THE POSTERITY OF JACOB, AND MAKE HIM MY LORD (A SERVANT) WHO PLEASES YOU.