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Surah Maryam

مريم

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  • 961 words
  • Order of revelation: 44
  • Prostration: verse 58

Maryam (مريم) is surah 19 of the Quran: Meccan, 98 verses, in juz 16, pages 305 to 312 of the Madani Mushaf. Listening takes 27 min 38 s with al-Husary's teaching recitation. Here is the full text of Maryam with color-coded tajweed, transliteration, translation of the meaning and an explanation of each verse.

The full text of Maryam

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. كٓهيعٓصٓ ﴿١﴾

    kāf-hā-yā-ʿayn-ṣād

    Kāf, Hā, Yā, ʿAyn, Ṣād.

    See footnote to 2:1.

  2. ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآ ﴿٢﴾

    dhikru raḥmati rabbika ʿabdahū zakariyyā

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

  3. إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيًّا ﴿٣﴾

    idh nādā rabbahū nidā'an khafiyyā

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

  4. قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا ﴿٤﴾

    qāla rabbi 'innī wahana l-ʿaẓmu minnī washtaʿala r-ra'su shaybaw walam 'akum biduʿā'ika rabbi shaqiyyā

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

    Literally, "ignited." The spread of white hair throughout the head is likened to that of fire in the bush.

  5. وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا ﴿٥﴾

    wa'innī khiftu l-mawāliya miw warā'ī wakānati mra'atī ʿāqiran fahab lī mil ladunka waliyyā

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

    Those relatives from the father's side who would inherit religious authority.

  6. يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَٱجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا ﴿٦﴾

    yarithunī wayarithu min 'āli yaʿqūb | wajʿalhu rabbi raḍiyyā

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

    Inherit from me religious knowledge and prophethood.

  7. يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا ﴿٧﴾

    yāzakariyyā 'innā nubashshiruka bighulāmini smuhū yaḥyā lam najʿal lahū min qablu samiyyā

    [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."

    By Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) through the angels.

  8. قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا ﴿٨﴾

    qāla rabbi 'annā yakūnu lī ghulāmuw wakānati mra'atī ʿāqiraw waqad balaghtu mina l-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?"

  9. قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْـًٔا ﴿٩﴾

    qāla kadhālika qāla rabbuka huwa ʿalayya hayyinuw waqad khalaqtuka min qablu walam taku shay'ā

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

  10. قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةً ۚ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَـٰثَ لَيَالٍ سَوِيًّا ﴿١٠﴾

    qāla rabbi jʿal lī 'āyah | qāla 'āyatuka 'allā tukallima n-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."

    i.e., without illness or defect.

  11. فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِمْ أَن سَبِّحُوا۟ بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا ﴿١١﴾

    fakharaja ʿalā qawmihī mina l-miḥrābi fa'awḥā 'ilayhim 'an sabbiḥū bukrataw waʿashiyyā

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

  12. يَـٰيَحْيَىٰ خُذِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِقُوَّةٍ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلْحُكْمَ صَبِيًّا ﴿١٢﴾

    yāyaḥyā khudhi l-kitāba biquwwah | wa'ātaynāhu l-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

  13. وَحَنَانًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَزَكَوٰةً ۖ وَكَانَ تَقِيًّا ﴿١٣﴾

    waḥanānam mil ladunnā wazakāh | wakāna taqiyyā

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

  14. وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُن جَبَّارًا عَصِيًّا ﴿١٤﴾

    wabarram biwālidayhi walam yakun jabbāran ʿaṣiyyā

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

  15. وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ حَيًّا ﴿١٥﴾

    wasalāmun ʿalayhi yawma wulida wayawma yamūtu wayawma yubʿathu ḥayyā

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

  16. وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ ٱنتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا ﴿١٦﴾

    wadhkur fi l-kitābi maryama 'idhi ntabadhat min 'ahlihā makānan sharqiyyā

    And mention, [O Muḥammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.

  17. فَٱتَّخَذَتْ مِن دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا ﴿١٧﴾

    fattakhadhat min dūnihim ḥijāban fa'arsalnā 'ilayhā rūḥanā fatamaththala lahā basharan sawiyyā

    And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel [i.e., Gabriel], and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man.

  18. قَالَتْ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مِنكَ إِن كُنتَ تَقِيًّا ﴿١٨﴾

    qālat 'innī 'aʿūdhu bir-raḥmāni minka 'in kunta taqiyyā

    She said, "Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allāh."

  19. قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَـٰمًا زَكِيًّا ﴿١٩﴾

    qāla 'innamā 'ana rasūlu rabbiki li'ahaba laki ghulāman zakiyyā

    He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy [i.e., son]."

  20. قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا ﴿٢٠﴾

    qālat 'annā yakūnu lī ghulāmuw walam yamsasnī basharuw walam 'aku baghiyyā

    She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"

  21. قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُۥٓ ءَايَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِّنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَّقْضِيًّا ﴿٢١﴾

    qāla kadhāliki qāla rabbuki huwa ʿalayya hayyin | walinajʿalahū 'āyatal lin-nāsi waraḥmatam minnā | wakāna 'amram maqḍiyyā

    He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.'"

  22. ۞ فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَٱنتَبَذَتْ بِهِۦ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا ﴿٢٢﴾

    faḥamalat-hu fantabadhat bihī makānan qaṣiyyā

    So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place.

  23. فَأَجَآءَهَا ٱلْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَـٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسْيًا مَّنسِيًّا ﴿٢٣﴾

    fa'ajā'aha l-makhāḍu 'ilā jidhʿi n-nakhlati qālat yālaytanī mittu qabla hādhā wakuntu nasyam mansiyyā

    And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."

  24. فَنَادَىٰهَا مِن تَحْتِهَآ أَلَّا تَحْزَنِى قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا ﴿٢٤﴾

    fanādāhā min taḥtihā 'allā taḥzanī qad jaʿala rabbuki taḥtaki sariyyā

    But he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.

    There is a difference of opinion among scholars as to whether "he" refers to the baby or to the angel.

  25. وَهُزِّىٓ إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ تُسَـٰقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا ﴿٢٥﴾

    wahuzzī 'ilayki bijidhʿi n-nakhlati tusāqiṭ ʿalayki ruṭaban janiyyā

    And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates.

  26. فَكُلِى وَٱشْرَبِى وَقَرِّى عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِىٓ إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنسِيًّا ﴿٢٦﴾

    fakulī washrabī waqarrī ʿaynā | fa'immā tarayinna mina l-bashari 'aḥadan faqūlī 'innī nadhartu lir-raḥmāni ṣawman falan 'ukallima l-yawma 'insiyyā

    So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.'"

  27. فَأَتَتْ بِهِۦ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُۥ ۖ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْـًٔا فَرِيًّا ﴿٢٧﴾

    fa'atat bihī qawmahā taḥmiluh | qālū yāmaryamu laqad ji'ti shay'an fariyyā

    Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.

  28. يَـٰٓأُخْتَ هَـٰرُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ ٱمْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا ﴿٢٨﴾

    yā'ukhta hārūna mā kāna 'abūki mra'a saw'iw wamā kānat 'ummuki baghiyyā

    O sister [i.e., descendant] of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."

  29. فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا ﴿٢٩﴾

    fa'ashārat 'ilayh | qālū kayfa nukallimu man kāna fi l-mahdi ṣabiyyā

    So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"

  30. قَالَ إِنِّى عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِىَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِى نَبِيًّا ﴿٣٠﴾

    qāla 'innī ʿabdu llāhi 'ātāniya l-kitāba wajaʿalanī nabiyyā

    [Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allāh. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet.

  31. وَجَعَلَنِى مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوْصَـٰنِى بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا ﴿٣١﴾

    wajaʿalanī mubārakan 'ayna mā kuntu wa'awṣānī biṣ-ṣalāti waz-zakāti mā dumtu ḥayyā

    And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakāh as long as I remain alive

  32. وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَتِى وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِى جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا ﴿٣٢﴾

    wabarram biwālidatī walam yajʿalnī jabbāran shaqiyyā

    And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant.

  33. وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ عَلَىَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدتُّ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا ﴿٣٣﴾

    was-salāmu ʿalayya yawma wulittu wayawma 'amūtu wayawma 'ubʿathu ḥayyā

    And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive."

  34. ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ ٱلْحَقِّ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    dhālika ʿīsa bnu maryam | qawla l-ḥaqqi lladhī fīhi yamtarūn

    That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute.

  35. مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ﴿٣٥﴾

    mā kāna lillāhi 'ay yattakhidha miw walad | subḥānah | idhā qaḍā 'amran fa'innamā yaqūlu lahū kun fayakūn

    It is not [befitting] for Allāh to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

    i.e., far removed is He from any such need.

  36. وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ ﴿٣٦﴾

    wa'inna llāha rabbī warabbukum faʿbudūh | hādhā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm

    [Jesus said], "And indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path."

  37. فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن مَّشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿٣٧﴾

    fakhtalafa l-aḥzābu mim baynihim | fawaylul lilladhīna kafarū mim mashhadi yawmin ʿaẓīm

    Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day.

  38. أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ لَـٰكِنِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٣٨﴾

    asmiʿ bihim wa'abṣir yawma ya'tūnanā | lākini ẓ-ẓālimūna l-yawma fī ḍalālim mubīn

    How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.

  39. وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

    wa'andhirhum yawma l-ḥasrati 'idh quḍiya l-amru wahum fī ghaflatiw wahum lā yu'minūn

    And warn them, [O Muḥammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe.

    i.e., "judged" or "accomplished."

  40. إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

    innā naḥnu narithu l-arḍa waman ʿalayhā wa'ilaynā yurjaʿūn

    Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned.

  41. وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًا نَّبِيًّا ﴿٤١﴾

    wadhkur fi l-kitābi 'ibrāhīm | innahū kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyā

    And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

  42. إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًٔا ﴿٤٢﴾

    idh qāla li'abīhi yā'abati lima taʿbudu mā lā yasmaʿu walā yubṣiru walā yughnī ʿanka shay'ā

    [Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

  43. يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى قَدْ جَآءَنِى مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ مَا لَمْ يَأْتِكَ فَٱتَّبِعْنِىٓ أَهْدِكَ صِرَٰطًا سَوِيًّا ﴿٤٣﴾

    yā'abati 'innī qad jā'anī mina l-ʿilmi mā lam ya'tika fattabiʿnī 'ahdika ṣirāṭan sawiyyā

    O my father, indeed there has come to me of knowledge that which has not come to you, so follow me; I will guide you to an even path.

  44. يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لَا تَعْبُدِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عَصِيًّا ﴿٤٤﴾

    yā'abati lā taʿbudi sh-shayṭān | inna sh-shayṭāna kāna lir-raḥmāni ʿaṣiyyā

    O my father, do not worship [i.e., obey] Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.

  45. يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يَمَسَّكَ عَذَابٌ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ فَتَكُونَ لِلشَّيْطَـٰنِ وَلِيًّا ﴿٤٥﴾

    yā'abati 'innī 'akhāfu 'ay yamassaka ʿadhābum mina r-raḥmāni fatakūna lish-shayṭāni waliyyā

    O my father, indeed I fear that there will touch you a punishment from the Most Merciful so you would be to Satan a companion [in Hellfire]."

  46. قَالَ أَرَاغِبٌ أَنتَ عَنْ ءَالِهَتِى يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَ ۖ وَٱهْجُرْنِى مَلِيًّا ﴿٤٦﴾

    qāla 'arāghibun 'anta ʿan 'ālihatī yā'ibrāhīm | la'il lam tantahi la'arjumannak | wahjurnī maliyyā

    [His father] said, "Have you no desire for my gods, O Abraham? If you do not desist, I will surely stone you, so avoid me a prolonged time."

  47. قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكَ ۖ سَأَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ رَبِّىٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِى حَفِيًّا ﴿٤٧﴾

    qāla salāmun ʿalayka sa'astaghfiru laka rabbī | innahū kāna bī ḥafiyyā

    [Abraham] said, "Peace [i.e., safety] will be upon you. I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me.

    Meaning "You are secure" or "I will not harm you."

  48. وَأَعْتَزِلُكُمْ وَمَا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى عَسَىٰٓ أَلَّآ أَكُونَ بِدُعَآءِ رَبِّى شَقِيًّا ﴿٤٨﴾

    wa'aʿtazilukum wamā tadʿūna min dūni llāhi wa'adʿū rabbī ʿasā 'allā 'akūna biduʿā'i rabbī shaqiyyā

    And I will leave you and those you invoke other than Allāh and will invoke my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy [i.e., disappointed]."

    i.e., worship.

  49. فَلَمَّا ٱعْتَزَلَهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا نَبِيًّا ﴿٤٩﴾

    falamma ʿtazalahum wamā yaʿbudūna min dūni llāhi wahabnā lahū 'isḥāqa wayaʿqūb | wakullan jaʿalnā nabiyyā

    So when he had left them and those they worshipped other than Allāh, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each [of them] We made a prophet.

  50. وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِنَا وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ عَلِيًّا ﴿٥٠﴾

    wawahabnā lahum mir raḥmatinā wajaʿalnā lahum lisāna ṣidqin ʿaliyyā

    And We gave them of Our mercy, and We made for them a mention [i.e., reputation] of high honor.

  51. وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مُوسَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مُخْلَصًا وَكَانَ رَسُولًا نَّبِيًّا ﴿٥١﴾

    wadhkur fi l-kitābi mūsā | innahū kāna mukhlaṣaw wakāna rasūlan nabiyyā

    And mention in the Book, Moses. Indeed, he was chosen, and he was a messenger and a prophet.

    A messenger (rasūl) is one who was charged by Allāh to reform society. A prophet (nabī) is one who received revelation from Allāh, the latter being more numerous than the former.

  52. وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ وَقَرَّبْنَـٰهُ نَجِيًّا ﴿٥٢﴾

    wanādaynāhu min jānibi ṭ-ṭūri l-aymani waqarrabnāhu najiyyā

    And We called him from the side of the mount at [his] right and brought him near, confiding [to him].

    Mount Sinai.

  53. وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ مِن رَّحْمَتِنَآ أَخَاهُ هَـٰرُونَ نَبِيًّا ﴿٥٣﴾

    wawahabnā lahū mir raḥmatinā 'akhāhu hārūna nabiyyā

    And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron as a prophet.

  54. وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ إِسْمَـٰعِيلَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صَادِقَ ٱلْوَعْدِ وَكَانَ رَسُولًا نَّبِيًّا ﴿٥٤﴾

    wadhkur fi l-kitābi 'ismāʿīl | innahū kāna ṣādiqa l-waʿdi wakāna rasūlan nabiyyā

    And mention in the Book, Ishmael. Indeed, he was true to his promise, and he was a messenger and a prophet.

  55. وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ أَهْلَهُۥ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ وَكَانَ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ مَرْضِيًّا ﴿٥٥﴾

    wakāna ya'muru 'ahlahū biṣ-ṣalāti waz-zakāti wakāna ʿinda rabbihī marḍiyyā

    And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakāh and was to his Lord pleasing [i.e., accepted by Him].

  56. وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ إِدْرِيسَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًا نَّبِيًّا ﴿٥٦﴾

    wadhkur fi l-kitābi 'idrīs | innahū kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyā

    And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

  57. وَرَفَعْنَـٰهُ مَكَانًا عَلِيًّا ﴿٥٧﴾

    warafaʿnāhu makānan ʿaliyyā

    And We raised him to a high station.

  58. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ ءَادَمَ وَمِمَّنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَمِمَّنْ هَدَيْنَا وَٱجْتَبَيْنَآ ۚ إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ خَرُّوا۟ سُجَّدًا وَبُكِيًّا ۩ ﴿٥٨﴾

    ulā'ika lladhīna 'anʿama llāhu ʿalayhim mina n-nabiyyīna min dhurriyyati 'ādama wamimman ḥamalnā maʿa nūḥiw wamin dhurriyyati 'ibrāhīma wa'isrā'īla wamimman hadaynā wajtabaynā | idhā tutlā ʿalayhim 'āyātu r-raḥmāni kharrū sujjadaw wabukiyyā

    Those were the ones upon whom Allāh bestowed favor from among the prophets of the descendants of Adam and of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel [i.e., Jacob], and of those whom We guided and chose. When the verses of the Most Merciful were recited to them, they fell in prostration and weeping.

  59. ۞ فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا ﴿٥٩﴾

    fakhalafa mim baʿdihim khalfun 'aḍāʿu ṣ-ṣalāta wattabaʿu sh-shahawāt | fasawfa yalqawna ghayyā

    But there came after them successors [i.e., later generations] who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -

    Described as a valley in Hell or may be rendered "the consequence of error."

  60. إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ شَيْـًٔا ﴿٦٠﴾

    illā man tāba wa'āmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan fa'ulā'ika yadkhulūna l-jannata walā yuẓlamūna shay'ā

    Except those who repent, believe and do righteousness; for those will enter Paradise and will not be wronged at all.

  61. جَنَّـٰتِ عَدْنٍ ٱلَّتِى وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ عِبَادَهُۥ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَأْتِيًّا ﴿٦١﴾

    jannāti ʿadnini llatī waʿada r-raḥmānu ʿibādahū bil-ghayb | innahū kāna waʿduhū ma'tiyyā

    [Therein are] gardens of perpetual residence which the Most Merciful has promised His servants in the unseen. Indeed, His promise has ever been eminent.

    Literally, "that to which all will come."

  62. لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا إِلَّا سَلَـٰمًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ رِزْقُهُمْ فِيهَا بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا ﴿٦٢﴾

    lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan 'illā salāmā | walahum rizquhum fīhā bukrataw waʿashiyyā

    They will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon.

  63. تِلْكَ ٱلْجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِى نُورِثُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا مَن كَانَ تَقِيًّا ﴿٦٣﴾

    tilka l-jannatu llatī nūrithu min ʿibādinā man kāna taqiyyā

    That is Paradise, which We give as inheritance to those of Our servants who were fearing of Allāh.

  64. وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ ۖ لَهُۥ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا وَمَا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ نَسِيًّا ﴿٦٤﴾

    wamā natanazzalu 'illā bi'amri rabbik | lahū mā bayna 'aydīnā wamā khalfanā wamā bayna dhālik | wamā kāna rabbuka nasiyyā

    [Gabriel said], "And we [angels] descend not except by the order of your Lord. To Him belongs that before us and that behind us and what is in between. And never is your Lord forgetful -

    In answer to the Prophet's wish that Gabriel would visit him more often.

  65. رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَٱعْبُدْهُ وَٱصْطَبِرْ لِعِبَـٰدَتِهِۦ ۚ هَلْ تَعْلَمُ لَهُۥ سَمِيًّا ﴿٦٥﴾

    rabbu s-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā faʿbud-hu waṣṭabir liʿibādatih | hal taʿlamu lahū samiyyā

    Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them - so worship Him and have patience for His worship. Do you know of any similarity to Him?"

  66. وَيَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَءِذَا مَا مِتُّ لَسَوْفَ أُخْرَجُ حَيًّا ﴿٦٦﴾

    wayaqūlu l-insānu 'a'idhā mā mittu lasawfa 'ukhraju ḥayyā

    And man [i.e., the disbeliever] says, "When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?"

  67. أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًٔا ﴿٦٧﴾

    awalā yadhkuru l-insānu 'annā khalaqnāhu min qablu walam yaku shay'ā

    Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?

  68. فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَحْشُرَنَّهُمْ وَٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ ثُمَّ لَنُحْضِرَنَّهُمْ حَوْلَ جَهَنَّمَ جِثِيًّا ﴿٦٨﴾

    fawarabbika lanaḥshurannahum wash-shayāṭīna thumma lanuḥḍirannahum ḥawla jahannama jithiyyā

    So by your Lord, We will surely gather them and the devils; then We will bring them to be present around Hell upon their knees.

    i.e., fallen on their knees from terror or dragged there unwillingly on their knees.

  69. ثُمَّ لَنَنزِعَنَّ مِن كُلِّ شِيعَةٍ أَيُّهُمْ أَشَدُّ عَلَى ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عِتِيًّا ﴿٦٩﴾

    thumma lananziʿanna min kulli shīʿatin 'ayyuhum 'ashaddu ʿala r-raḥmāni ʿitiyyā

    Then We will surely extract from every sect those of them who were worst against the Most Merciful in insolence.

  70. ثُمَّ لَنَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أَوْلَىٰ بِهَا صِلِيًّا ﴿٧٠﴾

    thumma lanaḥnu 'aʿlamu billadhīna hum 'awlā bihā ṣiliyyā

    Then, surely it is We who are most knowing of those most worthy of burning therein.

  71. وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا ۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَّقْضِيًّا ﴿٧١﴾

    wa'im minkum 'illā wāriduhā | kāna ʿalā rabbika ḥatmam maqḍiyyā

    And there is none of you except he will come to it. This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed.

    i.e., be exposed to it. However, the people of Paradise will not be harmed thereby.

  72. ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّنَذَرُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ فِيهَا جِثِيًّا ﴿٧٢﴾

    thumma nunajji lladhīna ttaqaw wanadharu ẓ-ẓālimīna fīhā jithiyyā

    Then We will save those who feared Allāh and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees.

  73. وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَىُّ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ خَيْرٌ مَّقَامًا وَأَحْسَنُ نَدِيًّا ﴿٧٣﴾

    wa'idhā tutlā ʿalayhim 'āyātunā bayyinātin qāla lladhīna kafarū lilladhīna 'āmanū 'ayyu l-farīqayni khayrum maqāmaw wa'aḥsanu nadiyyā

    And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Which of [our] two parties is best in position and best in association?"

    In regard to worldly interests.

  74. وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَـٰثًا وَرِءْيًا ﴿٧٤﴾

    wakam 'ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum 'aḥsanu 'athāthaw wari'yā

    And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance?

  75. قُلْ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مَدًّا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوْا۟ مَا يُوعَدُونَ إِمَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ وَإِمَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضْعَفُ جُندًا ﴿٧٥﴾

    qul man kāna fi ḍ-ḍalālati falyamdud lahu r-raḥmānu maddā | ḥattā 'idhā ra'aw mā yūʿadūna 'imma l-ʿadhāba wa'imma s-sāʿata fasayaʿlamūna man huwa sharrum makānaw wa'aḍʿafu jundā

    Say, "Whoever is in error - let the Most Merciful extend for him an extension [in wealth and time] until, when they see that which they were promised - either punishment [in this world] or the Hour [of resurrection] - they will come to know who is worst in position and weaker in soldiers."

  76. وَيَزِيدُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱهْتَدَوْا۟ هُدًى ۗ وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ مَّرَدًّا ﴿٧٦﴾

    wayazīdu llāhu lladhīna htadaw hudā | wal-bāqiyātu ṣ-ṣāliḥātu khayrun ʿinda rabbika thawābaw wakhayrum maraddā

    And Allāh increases those who were guided, in guidance, and the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for recourse.

    i.e., in the sight or evaluation of Allāh.

  77. أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَقَالَ لَأُوتَيَنَّ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا ﴿٧٧﴾

    afara'ayta lladhī kafara bi'āyātinā waqāla la'ūtayanna mālaw wawaladā

    Then, have you seen he who disbelieved in Our verses and said, "I will surely be given wealth and children [in the next life]"?

  78. أَطَّلَعَ ٱلْغَيْبَ أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عَهْدًا ﴿٧٨﴾

    aṭṭalaʿa l-ghayba 'ami ttakhadha ʿinda r-raḥmāni ʿahdā

    Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?

  79. كَلَّا ۚ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا يَقُولُ وَنَمُدُّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ مَدًّا ﴿٧٩﴾

    kallā | sanaktubu mā yaqūlu wanamuddu lahū mina l-ʿadhābi maddā

    No! We will record what he says and extend [i.e., increase] for him from the punishment extensively.

  80. وَنَرِثُهُۥ مَا يَقُولُ وَيَأْتِينَا فَرْدًا ﴿٨٠﴾

    wanarithuhū mā yaqūlu waya'tīnā fardā

    And We will inherit him [in] what he mentions, and he will come to Us alone.

    Instead of giving him wealth and children in the Hereafter, Allāh will take from him those he had in worldly life at the time of his death.

  81. وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لِّيَكُونُوا۟ لَهُمْ عِزًّا ﴿٨١﴾

    wattakhadhū min dūni llāhi 'ālihatal liyakūnū lahum ʿizzā

    And they have taken besides Allāh [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor.

  82. كَلَّا ۚ سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا ﴿٨٢﴾

    kallā | sayakfurūna biʿibādatihim wayakūnūna ʿalayhim ḍiddā

    No! They [i.e., those "gods"] will deny their worship of them and will be against them opponents [on the Day of Judgement].

  83. أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ تَؤُزُّهُمْ أَزًّا ﴿٨٣﴾

    alam tara 'annā 'arsalna sh-shayāṭīna ʿala l-kāfirīna ta'uzzuhum 'azzā

    Do you not see that We have sent the devils upon the disbelievers, inciting them [to evil] with [constant] incitement?

  84. فَلَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا نَعُدُّ لَهُمْ عَدًّا ﴿٨٤﴾

    falā taʿjal ʿalayhim | innamā naʿuddu lahum ʿaddā

    So be not impatient over them. We only count out [i.e., allow] to them a [limited] number.

    Of breaths, of days, or of evil deeds.

  85. يَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ إِلَى ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَفْدًا ﴿٨٥﴾

    yawma naḥshuru l-muttaqīna 'ila r-raḥmāni wafdā

    On the Day We will gather the righteous to the Most Merciful as a delegation

  86. وَنَسُوقُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ وِرْدًا ﴿٨٦﴾

    wanasūqu l-mujrimīna 'ilā jahannama wirdā

    And will drive the criminals to Hell in thirst

  87. لَّا يَمْلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عَهْدًا ﴿٨٧﴾

    lā yamlikūna sh-shafāʿata 'illā mani ttakhadha ʿinda r-raḥmāni ʿahdā

    None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant.

    Not to worship other than Him.

  88. وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَلَدًا ﴿٨٨﴾

    waqālu ttakhadha r-raḥmānu waladā

    And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son."

  89. لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِدًّا ﴿٨٩﴾

    laqad ji'tum shay'an 'iddā

    You have done an atrocious thing.

  90. تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ ٱلْجِبَالُ هَدًّا ﴿٩٠﴾

    takādu s-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna minhu watanshaqqu l-arḍu watakhirru l-jibālu haddā

    The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation

  91. أَن دَعَوْا۟ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَلَدًا ﴿٩١﴾

    an daʿaw lir-raḥmāni waladā

    That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son.

  92. وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا ﴿٩٢﴾

    wamā yambaghī lir-raḥmāni 'ay yattakhidha waladā

    And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son.

  93. إِن كُلُّ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّآ ءَاتِى ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ عَبْدًا ﴿٩٣﴾

    in kullu man fi s-samāwāti wal-arḍi 'illā 'āti r-raḥmāni ʿabdā

    There is no one in the heavens and earth but that he comes to the Most Merciful as a servant.

  94. لَّقَدْ أَحْصَىٰهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدًّا ﴿٩٤﴾

    laqad 'aḥṣāhum waʿaddahum ʿaddā

    He has enumerated them and counted them a [full] counting.

  95. وَكُلُّهُمْ ءَاتِيهِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فَرْدًا ﴿٩٥﴾

    wakulluhum 'ātīhi yawma l-qiyāmati fardā

    And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone.

  96. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وُدًّا ﴿٩٦﴾

    inna lladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti sayajʿalu lahumu r-raḥmānu wuddā

    Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - the Most Merciful will appoint for them affection.

    From Himself and from among each other.

  97. فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ قَوْمًا لُّدًّا ﴿٩٧﴾

    fa'innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika litubashshira bihi l-muttaqīna watundhira bihī qawmal luddā

    So, [O Muḥammad], We have only made it [i.e., the Qur’ān] easy in your tongue [i.e., the Arabic language] that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people.

  98. وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا ﴿٩٨﴾

    wakam 'ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hal tuḥissu minhum min 'aḥadin 'aw tasmaʿu lahum rikzā

    And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.

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Tajweed in Maryam, by the numbers

The 632 color-coded rules of Maryam, from most to least frequent
RuleCountExamples
Madd Tabee'ee 136
Hamzat al-Wasl 132
Ikhfa 69
Ghunnah 56
Qalqalah 51
Idgham with Ghunnah 45
Lam Shamsiyyah 45
Madd Munfasil 31
Unpronounced letter 27
Idgham without Ghunnah 9
Madd Muttasil 9
Madd at a stop 7
Iqlab 6
Idgham Shafawi 5
Madd Lazim 3
Idgham Mutajanisayn 1

Surah Maryam tajweed, verse by verse

The meaning of Maryam, verse by verse

Show the meaning of the 98 verses
  1. 19:1

    Kaf Ha Ya ‘Ayn Sad. The discussion on similar letters has already passed in Sūrah Al-Baqarah.

  2. 19:2

    This is mention of your Lord’s mercy on His servant (peace be upon him), which I relate to you to take lessons from.

  3. 19:3

    When he called on his Lord quietly, so that it is more likely to be accepted.

  4. 19:4

    He said: “My Lord, indeed my bones have become weak, the white hairs on my head have increased, and I was not unsuccessful in my supplicating You. In fact, every time I supplicated You, You accepted.

  5. 19:5

    And I feared that my relatives will not be able to fulfil the rights of the religion after my death, due to their engrossment in the worldly life. And my wife is barren, so grant me from Yourself a child to help me.

  6. 19:6

    He will inherit prophethood from me and inherit from the family of Jacob (peace be upon him), and O Lord, make him pleasant in his religion, character and knowledge”.

  7. 19:7

    So Allah accepted his supplication and called out to him: “O Zechariah, I am informing you of what will please you. I have accepted your supplication and granted you a boy whose name will be John. I have not given this name to anyone before him”.

  8. 19:8

    Zechariah said, amazed at the power of Allah: “How will a child be born to me when my wife is barren and I have reached the limit of old age and weakness of bones?”

  9. 19:9

    The angel said: “The matter is as you have said, namely that your wife is barren and that you have reached the limit of old age and weakness of bones. However, your Lord said: For your Lord to create John from a barren mother and a father who has reached the extreme old age is easy. And I created you before this, O Zechariah, whilst you were not something to be mentioned as you were non-existent”.

  10. 19:10

    Zechariah (peace be upon him) said: “My Lord, give me a sign I can feel content with and which will show that the glad tiding given to me by the angels has been attained”. He said: “Your sign of having attained what you were given glad tidings of is that you will not be able to speak to people for three days, not due to any illness, but rather you will be sound and well”.

  11. 19:11

    Then Zechariah came out to his people from his place of prayer, and indicated to them without speaking to glorify Allah at the beginning and end of the day.

  12. 19:12

    Then John was born to him. Once he reached an age in which he could be addressed, I said to him: “O John, take the Torah firmly and with effort”. And I granted him understanding, knowledge, firmness, and resolve, whilst he was still a child.

  13. 19:13

    And I granted him mercy from myself and kept him pure from sins. And he was pious, abiding by the commands of Allah and refraining from His prohibitions.

  14. 19:14

    And he was dutiful to his parents, soft with them and kind towards them. And he was neither arrogant regarding obedience to his Lord or his parents nor was he disobedient towards his Lord or his parents.

  15. 19:15

    And peace and safety be on him from Allah on the day he was born, the day he shall die and leave this life, and on the day he shall be raised alive on the Day of Judgment. These three places are the most frightening a person goes through, so if he is safe in them, he shall not have any fear in any other place.

  16. 19:16

    And mention, O Messenger, in the book revealed to you the story of Mary (peace be upon her), when she moved away from her family and stayed separately in a place to their east.

  17. 19:17

    Thus, she made for herself a veil from the people which would cover her, so that they cannot see her when she is worshipping her Lord. Then I sent Gabriel (peace be upon him) to her, thus he appeared to her in the form of a perfectly-formed human. So she thought he has a malicious intention towards her.

  18. 19:18

    So when she saw him in the form of a perfectly-formed human heading towards her, she said: “I seek protection of the Merciful from you that any harm should come to me from you, if you are pious and fear Allah”.

  19. 19:19

    Gabriel (peace be upon him) said: “I am not a human. I am only a Messenger from your Lord who He has sent to you for me to give you a good pure child”.

  20. 19:20

    Mary said surprisingly: “How can I have a child when neither a husband nor anyone else has come near me nor am I an adulteress that I should have a child?”

  21. 19:21

    Gabriel said to her: “The matter is as you said, namely that no husband or anyone else has touched you nor are you an adulteress. However, your Lord said: ‘To create a child without a father is easy for Me. And it is so that the child granted to you is a sign for people of the power of Allah, and a mercy from Me to them, due to the good they will achieve through him. And the creation of this child of yours is a fixed decree from Allah and written in the Preserved Tablet’.

  22. 19:22

    So she conceived him after the angel blew into her, then she withdrew with him to a place far from the people.

  23. 19:23

    And the pangs of childbirth struck her and made her take refuge by the trunk of a date tree. Mary said: “If only I had died before this day and I was something not even mentioned, so that bad is not thought of me”.

  24. 19:24

    Then Gabriel called to her from the bottom of the valley: “Do not grieve. Your Lord has made for you a spring of water beneath you from which you can drink.

  25. 19:25

    And hold the trunk of the tree and shake it; it will instantly drop fresh ripe dates on you.

  26. 19:26

    So eat of the ripe dates, drink of the water, and be pleased with your child and do not grieve. And if you see any person who asks you regarding the child, say to him: ‘I have bound myself to silence for my Lord’s sake, so I will not speak to any person today’”.

  27. 19:27

    Then Mary came carrying her child to her people. Her people said to her out of shock: “O Mary, you have committed a grave fabricated matter, by bringing a child without a father.

  28. 19:28

    O one who resembles Aaron (a righteous man) in worship, your father was not an adulterer nor was your mother. You are from a pure household known to be righteous, so how can you bring a child without a father?”

  29. 19:29

    She pointed towards her son Jesus (peace be upon him) who was in the cradle. So the people said in surprise: “How can we talk to a child who is in the cradle?”

  30. 19:30

    Jesus (peace be upon him) said: “I am the servant of Allah. He gave me the Gospel and made me one of His prophets.

  31. 19:31

    And He made me a great benefit for the servants wherever I am. And He ordered me to perform prayer and give Zakat for as long as I live.

  32. 19:32

    And He made me righteous to my mother. And He did not make me arrogant towards the obedience of my Lord nor did He make me disobedient to her.

  33. 19:33

    And safety from the satans and his helpers is on me on the day of my birth, the day of my death and the day I shall be raised on the Day of Judgment. The satan has no evil effect on me in these three frightening places”.

  34. 19:34

    He who is described with these qualities is Jesus, son of Mary. And this discussion is the word of truth regarding him, not that which is said by the misguided who doubt and disagree in his affair.

  35. 19:35

    It does not befit Allah to have a son, exalted and free He is from this. When He intends something, it is enough for Him to say regarding this thing: Be, and it most definitely becomes. So He who is like this is free from having a son.

  36. 19:36

    And Allah, may He be glorified, is both my Lord and your Lord, so make worship sincere for Him alone. This which I have mentioned to you is the straight path that leads to the pleasure of Allah.

  37. 19:37

    But the factions of Jews and Christians differed regarding the matter of Jesus (peace be upon him). The Jews said about him that he is a magician. Some Christians said about him that he is the son of Allah. Woe to those who differ regarding him, from witnessing the great Day of Judgment, due to its scenes, reckoning and punishment.

  38. 19:38

    How horrible is what they will hear and see on the Day of Judgment, and how severe it will be for them. And how strange will be their condition which you will see. However, the oppressors in this worldly life are clearly misguided from the straight path. They will not prepare for the afterlife until it will suddenly come to them whilst they are in their wrongdoing.

  39. 19:39

    And warn the people, O Messenger, of the Day of Regret when the evildoer will regret his evil-doings and when the righteous will regret not being more obedient, when the scrolls of the servants will be wrapped, their reckoning is finished and each person goes towards what he had sent forward. But they have been deceived by their worldly life and are unmindful of the Hearafter, and they do not accept the Day of Judgment.

  40. 19:40

    I am the one who will remain after the creation has perished. I shall inherit the earth and those on it, because they will have perished and I will remain after them, and I own them and do with them as I want. To Me alone they shall return on the Day of Judgment to be reckoned and recompensed.

  41. 19:41

    And mention, O Messenger, in the Qur’ān which has been revealed to you the story of Abraham (peace be upon him). He was very truthful and firmly believed the signs of Allah.

  42. 19:42

    When he said to his father Azar: “O father, why do you worship besides Allah an idol which does not hear your supplication if you supplicate it, does not see your worship when you worship it, does not remove harm from you and does not bring any benefit to you?

  43. 19:43

    O father, such knowledge has come to me through revelation which has not come to you, so follow me and I shall guide you to the straight path.

  44. 19:44

    O father, do not worship the satan by obeying him. The satan is disobedient to the Merciful, as He ordered him to prostrate to Adam but he did not prostrate.

  45. 19:45

    O father, I fear a punishment from the Merciful will afflict you if you die in your disbelief, then you will be a companion to him in punishment due to your befriending him”.

  46. 19:46

    Azar said to his son Abraham (peace be upon him): “Are you turning away from the idols I worship, O Abraham? If you do not stop criticising my idols, I shall pelt you with stones. Leave me for a long time. Do not talk to me or be with me”.

  47. 19:47

    Abraham (peace be upon him) said to his father: “Greetings of peace to you from me. You will not face from me what you dislike. I shall seek forgiveness and guidance from my Lord for you. He is very kind to me.

  48. 19:48

    And I shall leave you and leave the idols you worship besides Allah, and I shall call upon my Lord alone, without associating any partner with Him. Perhaps He will not deprive me if I pray to Him, otherwise I will be unsuccessful in praying to Him.

  49. 19:49

    So when he left them and their gods they used to worship besides Allah, I replaced for him his loss of family, and so I gave him his son Isaac and I gave him his grandson Jacob. And each one of them I made a prophet.

  50. 19:50

    And out of My mercy, I gave them much good alongside prophethood. And I established for them good praise which remains on the tongues of people.

  51. 19:51

    And mention, O Messenger, in the Qur’ān revealed to you the story of Moses (peace be upon him). He was chosen and selected, and he was a Messenger and prophet.

  52. 19:52

    I called him from the side of the mountain that was on the right in relation to where Moses (peace be upon him) was, and I brought him near in communion, where Allah let him hear His speech.

  53. 19:53

    I gave him, out of My grace and favour, his brother Aaron (peace be upon him) as a prophet, in answer to his prayer when he asked his Lord for that.

  54. 19:54

    And mention, O Messenger, in the Qur’ān revealed to you, the story of Ishmael (peace be upon him). He was true to his promise - whenever he made a promise he fulfilled it - and he was a messenger and prophet.

  55. 19:55

    He used to instruct his household to keep up the prayer and to give Zakat, and his Lord was well pleased with him.

  56. 19:56

    And mention, O Messenger, in the Qur’ān which has been revealed to you, the story of Idris (peace be upon him). He was very truthful and firmly believed in the signs of his Lord, and he was one of the prophets of Allah.

  57. 19:57

    I raised his mention by the prophethood I gave him and he therefore was of a high rank.

  58. 19:58

    Those who were mentioned in this Sūrah, beginning with Zachariah and ending with Idris (peace be upon them) are the ones whom Allah blessed with prophethood, from the children of Adam (peace be upon him), and from the children of those whom I carried in the Ark with Noah (peace be upon him), and from the children of Abraham and the children of Jacob (peace be upon them), and from those whom I blessed with guidance to Islam and whom I chose and made prophets. When they heard the verses of Allah being recited, they prostrated to Allah, weeping out of His fear.

  59. 19:59

    After these chosen prophets came followers of evil and deviation, who neglected prayer by not offering it in the required manner, and who perpetrated sins driven by their own desires such as fornication. These people will come face to face with evil and disappointment in Hell.

  60. 19:60

    But those who repented from their neglect and excess, who had faith in Allah, and who did righteous deeds; those who possess such attributes will enter Paradise and the reward of their actions will not be reduced in the least.

  61. 19:61

    Gardens of residence and permanence, which the Merciful promised His servants in the Ghaib that He will make them enter them. They did not see them but they believed in them. Allah’s promise of Paradise - even though it is in the Ghaib - will most certainly come to pass.

  62. 19:62

    There they will not hear anything futile nor any obscene talk. Instead they will hear the greeting of peace to one another and the greeting of peace from the angels to them. They will be given whatever type of food they desire in the morning and evening.

  63. 19:63

    This Paradise, described with the above attributes, is the one that I will give to those of My servants who fulfilled the Commandments and avoided the Prohibitions.

  64. 19:64

    And say - O Gabriel - to Muhammad (peace be upon him): The angels do not descent of their own accord. They only descend at Allah’s command. Everything ahead of us in the Hearafter, everything behind us in the world, and everything in between the world and the Hearafter, all belong to Allah. Your Lord, O Messenger, would not forget anything.

  65. 19:65

    He is the Creator of the heavens and the Creator of the earth and their Owner and Controller. He is also the Creator, Owner and Controller of everything in between them so worship Him alone, for He alone is deserving of worship. Remain firm in worshipping Him, for He has no likeness or partner who shares this worship with Him.

  66. 19:66

    The disbeliever, who rejects resurrection, mockingly says: What, when I die, I will come out of my grave alive for a second time? This is far-fetched.

  67. 19:67

    Does this person who rejects resurrection not remember that I created him previously when he was nothing? He can then use the first creation as evidence for the second creation, even though the second creation will be simpler and easier?

  68. 19:68

    By your Lord, O Messenger, I will take them out of their graves to the place of gathering along with the satans who had misled them. Then I will push them towards the doors of Hell, humiliated and on their knees.

  69. 19:69

    I shall violently pull out from each of the groups of deviation those who were most disobedient, and these are their leaders.

  70. 19:70

    Then I know best about those who most deserve to enter the Fire and endure and suffer its heat.

  71. 19:71

    There is not one among you - O people - who will not cross over the bridge placed over Hell. Your Lord has made this crossing an incumbent decree and no one can push back His decree.

  72. 19:72

    Then after this crossing over the bridge, I will deliver those who were mindful of their Lord by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions, and I will leave the wrongdoers kneeling on their knees without being able to escape from it.

  73. 19:73

    When My clear revelations to My Messenger are recited to people, the disbelievers say to the believers: Which of our two parties is better in residence and dwelling and superior in assembly and gathering: Our party or your party?

  74. 19:74

    How many were the nations that I destroyed before these disbelievers who are proud of their material superiority, who had surpassed them in riches and in their outward appearance due to their expensive clothing and their bodily luxuries.

  75. 19:75

    Say - O Messenger: The Merciful will grant respite to those wallowing in their misguidance, so that they fall further into it, until when they see what they have been warned about- either the swift punishment in this world or the punishment postponed to the Day of Judgment - then they will realise who is worse situated and who has the weakest forces. Is it their party or the party of the believers.

  76. 19:76

    In contrast to the respite granted to those people so that they fall further into misguidance, Allah gives more guidance and obedience to those who are guided. Righteous deeds that lead to perpetual happiness are more beneficial - in the sight of your Lord, O messenger, in terms of their recompense and have a better outcome.

  77. 19:77

    Have you, O messenger, seen the man who denies My evidences, rejects My warning and says: If I die and am resurrected, I will certainly be given a lot of wealth and children?

  78. 19:78

    Does he have knowledge of the Ghaib and therefore he said that with some proof? Or does he have a pledge with his Lord to enter him into paradise and to give him wealth and children?

  79. 19:79

    The matter is not as he claimed. I will certainly record what he says and does; and I will give him a punishment over and above his punishment because of the falsehood that he claims.

  80. 19:80

    I shall inherit the wealth and children he leaves behind after I destroy him, and he will come to Us on the Day of Judgement all alone, with the wealth and fame that he enjoyed having been taken away from him.

  81. 19:81

    The idolaters have taken for themselves things of worship other than Allah, so that they may be a support and source of assistance for them.

  82. 19:82

    The matter is not as they claimed. These things that they worshipped besides Allah will reject the idolaters’ worship of them on the Day of Judgment. They will disassociate themselves from them and become their enemies.

  83. 19:83

    Have you, O Messenger, not seen that I sent the satans and gave them authority over the disbelievers inciting them to commit sins and prevent others from Allah’s religion?

  84. 19:84

    Do not be hasty, O Messenger, in asking Allah to punish them quickly. I am keeping a close record of their lives, until when the period of their respite comes to an end, I will punish them with what they deserve.

  85. 19:85

    Remember, O Messenger, the Day of Judgment when I will gather those who were mindful of their Lord - by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions - to their Lord as a delegation that is honoured and respected.

  86. 19:86

    I will drive the disbelievers to Hell thirsty.

  87. 19:87

    These disbelievers will not have the power to intercede for one another, except for those who had taken a pledge with Allah in the world by having faith in Him and in His messengers.

  88. 19:88

    The Jews, the Christians and some of the idolaters said: The Merciful has taken a son.

  89. 19:89

    You - who say this - have indeed brought something monstrous.

  90. 19:90

    The heavens almost rupture because of this detested statement, the earth almost splits, and the mountains almost fall in ruins.

  91. 19:91

    All of this because they have attributed a son to the Merciful. Allah is high above that by far.

  92. 19:92

    It is not befitting of the Merciful to take a son as He is pure of that.

  93. 19:93

    There is no angel, human being or jinn in the heavens and earth but that he will come in submission to his Lord on the Day of Judgment.

  94. 19:94

    He has full knowledge of them and has numbered them exactly. Nothing of theirs is hidden from Him.

  95. 19:95

    Each one of them will come to Him on the Day of Judgment alone, without any helper or any wealth.

  96. 19:96

    Those who have faith in Allah, and do righteous actions that Allah is pleased with, Allah will create for them love by His loving them and by making them beloved to His servants.

  97. 19:97

    We have made this Qur’ān easy by revealing it in your own language, O Messenger, so that you may bring glad news to those who are mindful by fulfilling My instructions and avoiding My prohibitions, and so that you may warn a people who are harsh in disputing and stubborn in accepting the truth.

  98. 19:98

    How many communities I have destroyed before your people! Do you perceive a single one of those communities today, or hear any sound from them? What afflicted them may afflict others when Allah gives permission.

Frequently asked questions

How many verses are in Surah Maryam?

98 verses and 961 words. It starts in juz 16 and covers pages 305 to 312 of the Madani Mushaf.

Is Maryam Meccan or Medinan?

Meccan, according to the classification of the Madani Mushaf. In the order of revelation, it comes 44th.

How long does it take to listen to Maryam?

27 min 38 s with al-Husary's teaching recitation (al-Mushaf al-Mu'allim), which is slower than a usual recitation.

Which tajweed rules are in Maryam?

632 rules are color-coded on this page. The most frequent in Maryam: Madd Tabee'ee (136), Hamzat al-Wasl (132) and Ikhfa (69).

Is there a prostration in Maryam?

Yes: the Madani Mushaf marks a prostration of recitation at verse 58 of Maryam.

How can I practice reciting Surah Maryam and get corrected?

Recite Surah Maryam out loud in the Tilawa app, on iPhone or Android: it follows every word of Maryam, then shows you the words and tajweed rules to work on, with the correct recitation to replay.

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