Surah Maryam (مريم) • Mary

Quran 19:7

19:7

يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا

yāzakariyyā innā nubashiruka bighulāmin us'muhu yaḥyā lam najʿal lahu min qablu samiyyan

[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."

— Saheeh International

‘Zachariah, We bring you good news of a son whose name will be John––We have chosen this name for no one before him.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(Allâh said) "O Zakariyyâ (Zachariah)! Verily, We give you the glad tidings of a son, whose name will be Yahyâ (John). We have given that name to none before (him)."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 16Page 305meccan

Word by Word

يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآyāzakariyyāO Zakariya
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
نُبَشِّرُكَnubashiruka[We] give you glad tidings
بِغُلَـٰمٍbighulāminof a boy
ٱسْمُهُۥus'muhuhis name
يَحْيَىٰyaḥyā(will be) Yahya
لَمْlamnot
نَجْعَلnajʿalWe (have) assigned
لَّهُۥlahu[for] it
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
سَمِيًّۭاsamiyyan(this) name