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Maryam 7

Ayah 7 of 98 · Meccan

يَٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ ٱسۡمُهُۥ يَحۡيَىٰ لَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُ سَمِيّٗا ٧

[He was told],1 "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."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 By Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) through the angels.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰزَكَرِيَّآO Zakariyayāzakariyyā
  2. إِنَّاIndeed, Weinnā
  3. نُبَشِّرُكَ[We] give you glad tidingsnubashiruka
  4. بِغُلَٰمٍof a boybighulāmin
  5. ٱسۡمُهُۥhis nameus'muhu
  6. يَحۡيَىٰ(will be) Yahyayaḥyā
  7. لَمۡnotlam
  8. نَجۡعَلWe (have) assignednajʿal
  9. لَّهُۥ[for] itlahu
  10. مِنbeforemin
  11. قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
  12. سَمِيّٗا(this) namesamiyyan

Tafsir

So Allah accepted his supplication and called out to him: “O Zechariah, I am informing you of what will please you. I have accepted your supplication and granted you a boy whose name will be John. I have not given this name to anyone before him”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran