سورة مَریَم
Surah Maryam 19:10
Mary · Verse 10 of 98
قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ لِي آيَةً ۚ قَالَ آيَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ سَوِيًّا
Abdul Mannan Omar
He (- Zachariah) said, `My Lord! appoint for me a commandment.´ (The Lord) said, `The commandment for you is that you shall not speak to people for three successive (days and) nights, being in sound health.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(Zakariya) said: "O my Lord! give me a Sign." "Thy Sign,
Ahmed Ali
He said: "O Lord, give me a token." "Though sound," He answered, "you will not talk to any one for three nights running."
12 more translations
Ali Unal
(Zachariah) prayed: "My Lord, appoint a sign for me." "Your sign," He said, "is that you will not be able to speak to people for three nights."
Daryabadi
He said: my Lord appoint for me a sign. Allah said: thy sign is that thou shalt not speak unto mankind for three nights, while sound.
Faridul Haque
He said, "My Lord, give me a sign"; He said, "Your token is that you will not speak to people for three nights, although in proper health."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: My Lord, give me a sign. He said: Thy sign is that thou speak not to people three nights, being in sound health.
Maulvi Sher Ali
Zachariah said, `My Lord appoint for me a commandment.' God said, `The commandment for thee is that thou shalt not speak to the people for three successive days and nights.'
Muhammad Asad
[Zachariah] prayed: "O my Sustainer! Appoint a sign for me!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
[Zakariya (Zachariah)] said: "My Lord! Appoint for me a sign." He said: "Your sign is that you shall not speak unto mankind for three nights, though having no bodily defect."
Muhammad Pickthall
He said: My Lord! Appoint for me some token. He said: Thy token is that thou, with no bodily defect, shalt not speak unto mankind three nights.
Muhammad Sarwar
Zachariah asked, " Lord, show me evidence (if this is a heavenly news)." The Lord said, "The evidence for it is that you must not speak (to any mortal) though you are in good health for three nights (and days)."
Muhammed ali Shakir
He said: My Lord! give me a sign. He said: Your sign is that you will not be able to speak to the people three nights while in sound health.
Rashad Khalifa
He said, "My Lord, give me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three consecutive nights."
Shabbir Ahmed
Zacharias said, “My Lord! Give me a special message.” He said, “The message is that you shall not speak to people for three (days and) nights consecutively.”
Commentary 19:10 The purpose behind the commandment to abstain from talking is to devote time to the remembrance (dhikr) of Allâh. This was a spiritual measure calculated…
قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَل لِّي آيَةً ۚ قَالَ آيَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ سَوِيًّا
19:10 The purpose behind the commandment to abstain from talking is to devote time to the remembrance (dhikr) of Allâh. This was a spiritual measure calculated to recuperate Zachariahs exhausted physical powers. He was not struck dumb as suggested in the New Testament (Luke 1-24). Here the word “night” لَيَالٍ also includes the days in between, as in 3:40 the words are “three days”.