Quran 19:10 — Maryam, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘Give me a sign, Lord.’ He said, ‘Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to anyone for three full [days and] nights.’
قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ لِي آيَةً ۚ قَالَ آيَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ سَوِيًّا
qāla rabbi ij'ʿal lī āyatan qāla āyatuka allā tukallima l-nāsa thalātha layālin sawiyyan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'Lord, appoint to me some sign.' Said He, 'Thy sign is that thou shall not speak to men, though being without fault, three nights.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [Zachariah] prayed: "O my Sustainer! Appoint a sign for me!" Said [the angel]: "Thy sign shall be that for full three nights [and days] thou wilt not speak unto men.
- Sahih International
- [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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | رَبِّrabbi | My Lord | ربب |
| 3 | ٱجْعَلij'ʿal | Make | جعل |
| 4 | لِّىٓlī | for me | — |
| 5 | ءَايَةًۭ ۚāyatan | a sign | أيي |
| 6 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 7 | ءَايَتُكَāyatuka | Your sign | أيي |
| 8 | أَلَّاallā | (is) that not | — |
| 9 | تُكَلِّمَtukallima | you will speak | كلم |
| 10 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | (to) the people | نوس |
| 11 | ثَلَـٰثَthalātha | (for) three | ثلث |
| 12 | لَيَالٍۢlayālin | nights | ليل |
| 13 | سَوِيًّۭاsawiyyan | sound | سوي |