Quran Verses about Zechariah and John

فَتَقَبَّلَهَا رَبُّهَا بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٖ وَأَنۢبَتَهَا نَبَاتًا حَسَنٗا وَكَفَّلَهَا زَكَرِيَّاۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيۡهَا زَكَرِيَّا ٱلۡمِحۡرَابَ وَجَدَ عِندَهَا رِزۡقٗاۖ قَالَ يَٰمَرۡيَمُ أَنَّىٰ لَكِ هَٰذَاۖ قَالَتۡ هُوَ مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرۡزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٍ ٣٧

Fataqabbalahā rabbuhā biqabūlin ḥasaniw wa anbatahā nabātan ḥasanaw wa kaffalahā zakariyyā, kullamā dakhala ʿalayhā zakariyyal-miḥrāba wajada ʿindahā rizqā, qāla yāmaryamu annā laki hādhā, qālat huwa min ʿindillāh, innallāha yarzuqu may yashāʾu bighayri ḥisāb.

So her Lord accepted her with good acceptance and caused her to grow in a good manner and put her in the care of Zechariah. Every time Zechariah entered upon her in the prayer chamber, he found with her provision. He said, "O Mary, from where is this [coming] to you?" She said, "It is from Allāh. Indeed, Allāh provides for whom He wills without account."

هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۥۖ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةٗ طَيِّبَةًۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ ٣٨

Hunālika daʿā zakariyyā rabbah, qāla rabbi hab lī mil ladunka dhurriyyatan ṭayyibah, innaka samīʿud-duʿāʾ.

At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."

ذِكۡرُ رَحۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبۡدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآ ٢

Dhikru raḥmati rabbika ʿabdahū zakariyyā.

[This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah

إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيّٗا ٣

Idh nādā rabbahū nidāʾan khafiyyā.

When he called to his Lord a private call [i.e., supplication].

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ ٱلۡعَظۡمُ مِنِّي وَٱشۡتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأۡسُ شَيۡبٗا وَلَمۡ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيّٗا ٤

Qāla rabbi innī wahanal-ʿaẓmu minnī washtaʿalar-raʾsu shaybaw wa lam akum biduʿāʾika rabbi shaqiyyā.

He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled¹ with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., disappointed].

وَإِنِّي خِفۡتُ ٱلۡمَوَٰلِيَ مِن وَرَآءِي وَكَانَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتِي عَاقِرٗا فَهَبۡ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيّٗا ٥

Wa innī khiftul-mawāliya miw warāʾī wa kānatimraʾatī ʿāqiran fahab lī mil ladunka waliyyā.

And indeed, I fear the successors¹ after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

يَرِثُنِي وَيَرِثُ مِنۡ ءَالِ يَعۡقُوبَۖ وَٱجۡعَلۡهُ رَبِّ رَضِيّٗا ٦

Yarithunī wa yarithu min āli yaʿqūb, wajʿalhu rabbi raḍiyyā.

Who will inherit me¹ and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]."

وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرۡنِي فَرۡدٗا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ ٨٩

Wa zakariyyā idh nādā rabbahū rabbi lā tadharnī fardaw wa anta khayrul-wārithīn.

And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."

فَنَادَتۡهُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَآئِمٞ يُصَلِّي فِي ٱلۡمِحۡرَابِ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحۡيَىٰ مُصَدِّقَۢا بِكَلِمَةٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَسَيِّدٗا وَحَصُورٗا وَنَبِيّٗا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٣٩

Fanādathul-malāʾikatu wa huwa qāʾimuy yuṣallī fil-miḥrābi annallāha yubashshiruka biyaḥyā muṣaddiqam bikalimatim minallāhi wa sayyidaw wa ḥaṣūraw wa nabiyyam minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, "Indeed, Allāh gives you good tidings of John, confirming a word¹ from Allāh and [who will be] honorable, abstaining [from women], and a prophet from among the righteous."

قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَٰمٞ وَقَدۡ بَلَغَنِيَ ٱلۡكِبَرُ وَٱمۡرَأَتِي عَاقِرٞۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ ٤٠

Qāla rabbi annā yakūnu lī ghulāmuw wa qad balaghaniyal-kibaru wamraʾatī ʿāqir, qāla kadhālikallāhu yafʿalu mā yashāʾ.

He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" He [the angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He does what He wills."

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجۡعَل لِّيٓ ءَايَةٗۖ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمۡزٗاۗ وَٱذۡكُر رَّبَّكَ كَثِيرٗا وَسَبِّحۡ بِٱلۡعَشِيِّ وَٱلۡإِبۡكَٰرِ ٤١

Qāla rabbijʿal lī āyah, qāla āyatuka allā tukalliman-nāsa thalāthata ayyāmin illā ramzā, wadhkur rabbaka kathīraw wa sabbiḥ bil-ʿashiyyi wal-ibkār.

He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt [Him with praise] in the evening and the morning."

يَٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ ٱسۡمُهُۥ يَحۡيَىٰ لَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُ سَمِيّٗا ٧

Yāzakariyyā innā nubashshiruka bighulāminismuhū yaḥyā lam najʿal lahū min qablu samiyyā.

[He was told],¹ "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."

قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَٰمٞ وَكَانَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتِي عَاقِرٗا وَقَدۡ بَلَغۡتُ مِنَ ٱلۡكِبَرِ عِتِيّٗا ٨

Qāla rabbi annā yakūnu lī ghulāmuw wa kānatimraʾatī ʿāqiraw wa qad balaghtu minal-kibari ʿitiyyā.

He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"

قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٞ وَقَدۡ خَلَقۡتُكَ مِن قَبۡلُ وَلَمۡ تَكُ شَيۡـٔٗا ٩

Qāla kadhālika qāla rabbuka huwa ʿalayya hayyinuw wa qad khalaqtuka min qablu wa lam taku shayʾā.

[An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.'"

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجۡعَل لِّيٓ ءَايَةٗۖ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَ لَيَالٖ سَوِيّٗا ١٠

Qāla rabbijʿal lī āyah, qāla āyatuka allā tukalliman-nāsa thalātha layālin sawiyyā.

[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."¹

فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلۡمِحۡرَابِ فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ أَن سَبِّحُواْ بُكۡرَةٗ وَعَشِيّٗا ١١

Fakharaja ʿalā qawmihī minal-miḥrābi fa awḥā ilayhim an sabbiḥū bukrataw wa ʿashiyyā.

So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allāh] in the morning and afternoon.

فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥ يَحۡيَىٰ وَأَصۡلَحۡنَا لَهُۥ زَوۡجَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَيَدۡعُونَنَا رَغَبٗا وَرَهَبٗاۖ وَكَانُواْ لَنَا خَٰشِعِينَ ٩٠

Fastajabnā lahū wa wahabnā lahū yaḥyā wa aṣlaḥnā lahū zawjah, innahum kānū yusāriʿūna fil-khayrāti wa yadʿūnanā raghabaw wa rahabā, wa kānū lanā khāshiʿīn.

So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate¹ Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.

يَٰيَحۡيَىٰ خُذِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِقُوَّةٖۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلۡحُكۡمَ صَبِيّٗا ١٢

Yāyaḥyā khudhil-kitāba biquwwah, wa ātaynāhul-ḥukma ṣabiyyā.

[Allāh said], "O John, take the Scripture [i.e., adhere to it] with determination." And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy

وَحَنَانٗا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَزَكَوٰةٗۖ وَكَانَ تَقِيّٗا ١٣

Wa ḥanānam mil ladunnā wa zakāh, wa kāna taqiyyā.

And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allāh

وَبَرَّۢا بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ وَلَمۡ يَكُن جَبَّارًا عَصِيّٗا ١٤

Wa barram biwālidayhi wa lam yakun jabbāran ʿaṣiyyā.

And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant.

وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡهِ يَوۡمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوۡمَ يَمُوتُ وَيَوۡمَ يُبۡعَثُ حَيّٗا ١٥

Wa salāmun ʿalayhi yawma wulida wa yawma yamūtu wa yawma yubʿathu ḥayyā.

And peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive.