Surah Maryam (مريم) • Mary

Quran 19:10

19:10

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةً ۚ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَـٰثَ لَيَالٍ سَوِيًّا

qāla rabbi ij'ʿal lī āyatan qāla āyatuka allā tukallima l-nāsa thalātha layālin sawiyyan

[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."

— Saheeh International

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.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

[Zakariyyâ (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 Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
ٱجْعَلij'ʿalMake
لِّىٓlīfor me
ءَايَةًۭۚāyatana sign
قَالَqālaHe said
ءَايَتُكَāyatukaYour sign
أَلَّاallā(is) that not
تُكَلِّمَtukallimayou will speak
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa(to) the people
ثَلَـٰثَthalātha(for) three
لَيَالٍۢlayālinnights
سَوِيًّۭاsawiyyansound