یَا زَکَرِیَّا إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُکَ بِغُلاَم اسْمُهُ یَحْیَى لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ سَمِیّ(( 7 ))

7- O, ZACHARIAS! WE GIVE YOU THE GOOD NEWS OF HAVING A SON. HIS NAME IS YAHYÄ. (JOHN) WE HAVE NOT NAMED HIM SUCH A NAMESAKE IN BEFORE.

قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّى یَکُونُ لِى غُلاَمٌ وَکَانَتْ امْرَأَتِى عَاقِراً وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنْ الْکِبَرِ عِتِیّ(( 8 ))

8- HE SAID:ِ ``MY LORD! HOW CAN THERE BE A SON FOR ME, WHEN MY WIFE IS BARREN, AND I AM FALLEN OF OLD AGE!?

قَالَ کَذَلِکَ قَالَ رَبُّکَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَیِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُکَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَکُنْ شَیْئ(( 9 ))

9- HE (THE ANGEL) SAID:ِ ``SO SHALL IT BE. YOUR LORD SAID; THAT IS EASY FOR ME. AND VERILY I CREATED YOU BEFORE AND YOU WERE NOT A THING!''

قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَل لِى آیَةً قَالَ آیَتُکَ أَلاَّ تُکَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلاَثَ لَیَال سَوِیّ(( 10 ))

10- HE SAID:ِ ``MY LORD! MAKE A SIGN (OF THAT) FOR ME.'' HE SAID:ِ ``YOUR SIGN IS THAT, YOU CANNOT SPEAK TO PEOPLE FOR THREE NIGHTS (AND THREE DAYS) BEING ALL RIGHT!''

فَخَرَجَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ مِنْ الْمِحْرَابِ فَأَوْحَى إِلَیْهِمْ أَنْ سَبِّحُوا بُکْرَةً وَعَشِیّ(( 11 ))

11- THEN HE WENT OUT OF THE SANCTUM TO HIS PEOPLE, (AND BY HINTS) INSPIRED TO THEM THAT, THEY SHOULD GLORIFY (THEIR LORD) IN THE MORNING AND IN THE NIGHT.