Quran 19:7 — Maryam, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
‘Zachariah, We bring you good news of a son whose name will be John––We have chosen this name for no one before him.’
يَا زَكَرِيَّا إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ اسْمُهُ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا
yāzakariyyā innā nubashiruka bighulāmin us'muhu yaḥyā lam najʿal lahu min qablu samiyyan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'O Zachariah, We give thee good tidings of a boy, whose name is John. No namesake have We given him aforetime.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [Thereupon the angels called out unto him: "O Zachariah! We bring thee the glad tiding of [the birth of] a son whose name shall be John. [And God says,] `Never have We given this name to anyone before him."
- Sahih International
- [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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآyāzakariyyā | O Zakariya | — |
| 2 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 3 | نُبَشِّرُكَnubashiruka | [We] give you glad tidings | بشر |
| 4 | بِغُلَـٰمٍbighulāmin | of a boy | غلم |
| 5 | ٱسْمُهُۥus'muhu | his name | سمو |
| 6 | يَحْيَىٰyaḥyā | (will be) Yahya | — |
| 7 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 8 | نَجْعَلnajʿal | We (have) assigned | جعل |
| 9 | لَّهُۥlahu | [for] it | — |
| 10 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 11 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 12 | سَمِيًّۭاsamiyyan | (this) name | سمو |