Kaf. Ha. Ya. Ain. Sad. (1)

This is the story of the blessing of your Lord to His servant Zachariah (2)

When he quietly called his Lord (3)

and said, "My Lord, my bones have become feeble and my hair has turned white with age. Yet I have never been deprived in receiving from You the answer to my prayers. (4)

I am afraid of what my kinsmen will do after (my death) and my wife is barren. Lord, grant me a son (5)

who will be my heir and the heir of the family of Jacob. Lord, make him a person who will please you". (6)

We answered his prayers with the glad news of the birth of a son by the name of John and told him, "We have never given such a name to anyone else." (7)

He said, "Lord, how can I have a son? My wife is barren and I have reached an extremely old age". (8)