CHAPTER 19.  MARY                                                                           SECTION 1.  PART  XVI

IN THE NAME OF GOD
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  SUFFICIENT GUIDE, BLESSED, KNOWING, TRUTHFUL GOD

2  THIS IS A MENTION OF THE MERCY OF GOD
TO ZACHARIAH, A SERVANT OF GOD

3  HE CRIED A SECRET CALL TO GOD

4  MY LORD, WEAK ARE MY BONES AND THE HAIR OF MY HEAD 
DOES GLISTEN WITH GRAY BUT I AM NOT UNBLESSED 

5  NOW I FEAR WHAT MY RELATIVES WILL DO AFTER ME 
AND MY WIFE IS BARREN SO GIVE AN HEIR TO ME 

6  ONE THAT WILL TRULY REPRESENT ME 
AND WHO WILL REPRESENT JACOB'S POSTERITY
AND MAKE HIM ONE WITH WHOM YOU ARE PLEASED

7  HIS PRAYER WAS ANSWERED, WE GIVE YOU NEWS OF A SON
HIS NAME WILL BE JOHN AND BY THAT NAME ON NONE 
HAVE WE BEFORE CONFERRED DISTINCTION 

8  HE SAID, OH MY LORD, HOW WILL I HAVE A SON
NOW WHEN I AM OLD AND MY WIFE IS BARREN? 

9  HE SAID, SO IT WILL BE, THAT IS EASY FOR ME 
I CREATED YOU WHEN YOU WERE NOTHING PREVIOUSLY 

10  ZAKARIYA SAID, OH MY LORD, GIVE A SIGN TO ME
THE ANSWER WAS, YOUR SIGN WILL BE 
FOR THREE DAYS TO NO MAN WILL YOU SPEAK
ALTHOUGH YOU ARE NOT DUMB AND ARE ABLE TO SPEAK

11  ZAKARIYA CAME TO HIS PEOPLE AND BY SIGNS PROCLAIMING
TO GLORIFY GOD MORNING AND EVENING 

12  TO HIS SON CAME THE COMMAND, OH JOHN, TAKE HOLD FIRMLY 
TO THE BOOK WITH MIGHT, AND WE ASSUREDLY
GAVE HIM WISDOM IN HIS ADOLESCENCE

13  AND FROM US PITY FOR ALL CREATURES AND PURITY 
AND ALSO DEVOUT AND DUTIFUL WAS HE 

14  AND KIND TO HIS PARENTS AND ALSO WAS HE 
NOT OVERBEARING NOR ACTED REBELLIOUSLY

15  SO PEACE ON HIM THE DAY 
HE WAS BORN AND THE DAY 
THAT HE DIED AND THE DAY 
THAT HE WILL AGAIN BE RAISED  

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16  RELATE IN THE BOOK THE STORY OF MARY
WHEN SHE WITHDREW TO A PLACE IN THE EAST FROM HER FAMILY 

17  FROM THEM SHE PLACED A SCREEN TO SCREEN HER
THEN WE SENT OUR ANGEL TO HER 
AND HE APPEARED AS A MAN BEFORE HER 

18  SHE SAID, I SEEK REFUGE FROM YOU TO THE BENEFICENT GOD 
COME NOT NEAR ME IF YOU DO FEAR GOD

19  HE SAID, I AM ONLY A MESSENGER FROM THE HOLY ONE 
TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU THE GIFT OF A HOLY SON 

20  SHE SAID, HOW WILL I HAVE A SON
WHEN NO MAN HAS TOUCHED ME NOR AM I AN UNCHASTE ONE?

21  AND HE SAID, SO IT WILL BE, YOUR LORD SAID, THAT IS EASY FOR ME 
WE WISH TO MAKE HIM A SIGN TO MEN AND FROM US A MERCY 
AND IT IS A MATTER ALREADY DECREED 

22  SO SHE CONCEIVED HIM 
AND WITHDREW TO A REMOTE PLACE WITH HIM 

23  AND THE PAINS OF CHILDBIRTH DROVE HER 
TO THE TRUNK OF A PALM TREE AND SHE CRIED AS SHE SUFFERED

AND SAID, IF ONLY BEFORE THIS I COULD HAVE DIED 
AND BEEN A THING FORGOTTEN AND OUT OF SIGHT

24  FROM BENEATH THE PALM TREE A VOICE CRIED TO HER
GRIEVE NOT FOR GOD HAS PROVIDED BENEATH YOU A RIVER

25  SHAKE THE TRUNK OF THE PALM TREE TOWARDS YOU
FRESH RIPE DATES WILL FALL UPON YOU

26  SO EAT AND DRINK AND COMFORT YOUR EYE
AND IF YOU SEE ANY MAN SAY, THAT I

HAVE VOWED TO GOD MOST GRACIOUS A DAY OF FASTING
AND I WILL NOT ENTER INTO TALK WITH ANY HUMAN BEING

27  AND AT LENGTH SHE BROUGHT TO HER PEOPLE THE BABY 
CARRYING HIM IN HER ARMS AND THEY SAID, OH MARY
A STRANGE THING HAVE YOU BROUGHT SURELY

28  OH SISTER OF AARON, YOUR FATHER WAS NOT AN EVIL  MAN 
NOR WAS YOUR MOTHER AN UNCHASTE WOMAN 

29  BUT SHE POINTED TO THE CHILD 
THEY SAID, HOW CAN WE TALK TO ONE WHO IS A CHILD? 

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30  HE SAID, I AM A SERVANT OF GOD INDEED
AND HE HAS GIVEN REVELATION TO ME 
AND HAS MADE A PROPHET OF ME 

31  HE HAS MADE ME  BLESSED WHEREVER I MAY BE 
AND HAS ENJOINED ON ME PRAYER AND CHARITY 

32  HE HAS MADE ME KIND TO MY MOTHER AND NOT TO BE 
NEITHER OVERBEARING OR UNEASY 

33  PEACE ON ME THE DAY I WAS BORN AND THE DAY I DIE
AND THE DAY THAT I AM AGAIN RAISED UP TO LIFE

34  THIS WAS JESUS, THE SON OF MARY
A STATEMENT OF TRUTH ABOUT WHICH THEY DISPUTE VAINLY   

35  IT IS NOT BEFITTING TO GOD'S MAJESTY 
THAT HE SHOULD BEGET A SON, TO HIM BE THE GLORY 

WHEN HE DETERMINES A MATTER ALL THAT HAPPENS IS
HE ONLY SAYS TO IT BE, AND IT IS

36  SURELY GOD IS MY LORD AND YOUR LORD 
SO SERVE HIM THAT IS THE STRAIGHT WAY WITH YOUR LORD

37  AMONG THEMSELVES THE SECTS DIFFER 
AND WOE BE TO THE REBELLIOUS DISBELIEVERS 
FOR THE COMING OF A MOMENTOUS DAY OF THEIRS

38  HOW PLAINLY WILL THEY SEE AND HEAR 
THE DAY THAT BEFORE US THEY WILL APPEAR 
BUT THE UNJUST ARE SURELY IN MANIFEST ERROR  

39  BUT WARN THEM OF THE DAY OF DISTRESS
WHEN THE MATTER WILL BE DECIDED WITH JUSTICE
FOR THEY ARE DISBELIEVERS AND THEY ARE HEEDLESS 

40  WE WILL INHERIT THE EARTH AND ITS BEINGS 
AND TO US WILL THEY ALL BE RETURNING

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41  ALSO MENTION IN THE BOOK ABRAHAM'S STORY
FOR HE WAS A MAN OF TRUTH AND A PROPHET WAS HE

42  HE SAID TO HIS FATHER, WHY ARE YOU WORSHIPPING 
THAT WHICH HAS NO HEARING AND NO SEEING
AND WHICH CAN PROFIT YOU NOTHING?

43  OH MY FATHER, KNOWLEDGE HAS COME TO ME 
WHICH HAS NOT REACHED YOU SO FOLLOW ME 
I WILL GUIDE YOU TO A  STRAIGHT WAY INDEED

44  OH MY FATHER, SERVE NOT SATAN 
FOR REBELLIOUS AGAINST GOD IS SATAN

45  MY FATHER, I FEAR THAT A PENALTY WILL AFFLICT YOU 
FROM GOD SO THAT SATAN BECOMES A FRIEND TO YOU 

46  THE FATHER REPLIED, OH ABRAHAM, ARE MY GODS HATED BY YOU?
AND IF YOU DO NOT DESIST I WILL INDEED STONE YOU 
NOW FOR A GOOD LONG WHILE AWAY WITH YOU

47  ABRAHAM SAID TO HIS FATHER, PEACE BE UPON YOU 
I WILL PRAY TO GOD  FOR FORGIVENESS FOR YOU
AND HE IS MOST KIND AND MERCIFUL TOO

48  AND I WILL TURN AWAY FROM YOU TO MY LORD
AND FROM ALL THOSE YOU WORSHIP BESIDES MY LORD
AND I WILL CALL ON MY LORD 
PERHAPS BY MY PRAYER TO MY LORD 
I WILL BE NOT UNBLESSED BY MY LORD

49  WHEN HE HAD TURNED AWAY FROM THEM AND THEIR GODS 
WHOM THEY WORSHIPPED BESIDES GOD
ISAAC AND JACOB WERE BESTOWED ON HIM BY GOD
AND EACH OF THEM WERE ORDAINED AS PROPHETS OF GOD

50  WE BESTOWED OF OUR MERCY ON THEM 
AND WE GRANTED HONOR AND TRUTH TO THEM 

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51  THE STORY OF MOSES IN THE BOOK WE ALSO MENTION
HE WAS A MESSENGER AND A PROPHET SPECIALLY CHOSEN

52  WE CALLED HIM FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
AND MADE HIM DRAW NEAR TO US FOR MYSTIC COMMUNION

53  OUT OF OUR MERCY WE GAVE HIM AARON HIS BROTHER 
ALSO A PROPHET AND A MESSENGER

54  AND ALSO MENTION IN THE BOOK ISHMAEL'S STORY 
FOR HE WAS TRUE TO WHAT HE PROMISED STRICTLY  
AND A MESSENGER AND A PROPHET WAS HE 

55  HE ENJOINED ON HIS PEOPLE CHARITY AND PRAYER TO GOD
AND HE WAS MOST ACCEPTABLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD

56  ALSO MENTION IN THE BOOK IDRIS'S STORY
FOR HE WAS A PROPHET AND A MAN OF SINCERITY 

57  WE RAISED HIM TO A STATION THAT WAS LOFTY

58  THOSE WERE SOME OF THE PROPHETS ON WHOM GOD DID BESTOW 
HIS GRACE OF THE POSTERITY OF ADAM AND OF THOSE 
WHOM WE CARRIED IN THE ARK WITH NOAH AND OF THOSE
OF THE POSTERITY OF ABRAHAM AND ISRAEL WERE OF THOSE 
OF WHOM WE BLESSED AND GUIDED AND OF WHOM WE CHOSE

AND WHENEVER THEY HEARD GOD'S REVELATIONS 
THEY WOULD FALL DOWN IN PROSTRATION 
AND IN TEARS OF ADORATION

 59  BUT A POSTERITY FOLLOWED THEM AFTER
WHO FOLLOWED LUSTS AND MISSED PRAYERS 
THEREFORE SOON WILL THEY FACE DISASTER

60  EXCEPT THOSE WHO REPENT AND BELIEVE 
AND WORK RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR THESE 
WILL ENTER THE GARDEN AND WILL NOT BE 
TREATED UNJUST IN THE LEAST DEGREE

61  GARDENS OF ETERNITY THOSE WHICH GOD HAS PROMISED
TO HIS SERVANTS IN THE UNSEEN FOR HIS PROMISE 
MUST COME TO PASS AS PROMISED

62  THEY WILL NOT HEAR ANY TALKING VAINLY 
AND THEY WILL HEAR SALUTATIONS OF PEACE ONLY
AND THEY WILL HAVE SUSTENANCE DAILY AND NIGHTLY

63  THIS IS THE GARDEN WHICH WE GIVE AS AN INHERITANCE  
TO THOSE WHO GUARD AGAINST EVIL OF OUR SERVANTS 

64  THE ANGELS SAY, WE DESCEND ONLY BY OUR LORD'S ORDER 
TO HIM BELONGS WHAT IS BEFORE US AND WHAT IS AFTER 
AND WHAT IS BETWEEN AND HE FORGETS NOTHING EVER

65  LORD OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH IN ITS ENTIRETY
AND ALL THAT IS BETWEEN THEM, SO WORSHIP HIM ONLY
AND BE CONSTANT AND WORSHIP HIM PATIENTLY  
KNOW YOU OF ANY WHO IS WORTHY OF THE SAME NAME AS HE?

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66   MAN SAYS, WHEN I AM DEAD
WILL I REALLY BE RAISED UP ALIVE FROM THE DEAD?

67  DOES MAN NOT REMEMBER OUR CREATING
HIM BEFORE WHEN HE WAS NOTHING? 

68  BY YOUR LORD, WITHOUT DOUBT WE WILL GATHER THEM
WE WILL ALSO GATHER THE EVIL ONES WITH THEM 
THEN ON THEIR KNEES WE WILL BRING THEM 
ROUND ABOUT HELL ALL OF THEM

69  THEN WILL WE CERTAINLY DRAG OUT THE UNRIGHTEOUS
ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE WORST IN BEING REBELLIOUS 
AGAINST THEIR LORD, GOD IS MOST GRACIOUS

70  AND CERTAINLY WE KNOW BEST WHO IS IT
THAT IS MOST WORTHY OF BEING BURNED IN IT 

71  NOT ONE OF YOU BUT WILL PASS OVER IT 
THIS IS WITH GOD A DECREE WHICH MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED

72  THOSE WHO GUARDED AGAINST EVIL WE WILL SAVE FROM IT
WE WILL LEAVE THE WRONG DOERS HUMBLED TO THEIR KNEES IN IT

73  WHEN OUR MESSAGES ARE RECITED CLEAR
THE DISBELIEVERS SAY TO THE BELIEVERS

WHICH OF THE TWO SIDES IS BEST IN POINT OF POSITION 
AND WHICH MAKES THE BEST SHOW IN CONSULTATION?

74  BUT HOW MANY COUNTLESS GENERATIONS 
BEFORE THEM HAVE WE BROUGHT TO DESTRUCTION
WHO WERE EVEN BETTER IN GLITTER AND POSSESSIONS? 

75  SAY, IF ANY GO ASTRAY AMONG THEM
GOD EXTENDS THE ROPE TO THEM

UNTIL WHEN THEY SEE THEIR LORD'S WARNING 
BEING FULFILLED EITHER IN PUNISHING
OR IN THE HOUR APPROACHING 

THEN THEY WILL REALIZE AT LENGTH 
WHO IS WORST IN POSITION AND WEAKEST IN STRENGTH

76   GOD GUIDES THOSE WHO SEEK THE GUIDANCE OF THEIR LORD 
AND THE THINGS THAT ENDURE IN THE SIGHT OF YOUR LORD 
GOOD DEEDS ARE SURELY BEST AS REWARDS 
AND BEST IN RESPECT OF THEIR RETURNS FROM YOUR LORD

77  HAVE YOU SEEN HIM WHO REJECTS GOD'S MESSAGES
AND THEN SAYS, I WILL BE GIVEN CHILDREN AND RICHES?

78  HAS HE KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNSEEN EVENTS
OR HAS HE TAKEN A COVENANT WITH THE BENEFICENT?
 
79   BY NO MEANS AND WE WILL RECORD WHAT HE DECREES
AND WE WILL ADD AND ADD TO HIS PENALTIES

80  TO US WILL RETURN ALL THAT HE SPEAKS ON  
AND HE WILL APPEAR BEFORE US BARE AND ALONE 

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81  AND THEY HAVE TAKEN FOR WORSHIP GODS 
TO GIVE THEM POWER AND GLORY OTHER THAN GOD

82  INSTEAD THEY WILL REJECT THEIR WORSHIPPING THEM
AND BECOME ADVERSARIES AGAINST THEM

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83  SEE YOU NOT THAT WE HAVE SET THE DOERS OF INIQUITY
AGAINST THE DISBELIEVERS TO INCITE THEM WITH FURY

84  SO MAKE NO HASTE AGAINST THEM 
FOR WE COUNT OUT A NUMBER OF DAYS TO THEM 

85  THE DAY THAT WE WILL GATHER 
THE RIGHTEOUS TO GOD MOST GRACIOUS TOGETHER
LIKE A BAND PRESENTED BEFORE A KING FOR HONORS

86  AND WE WILL DRIVE THE SINNERS
TO HELL LIKE THIRSTY CATTLE DRIVEN TO WATER
 
87  NONE WILL HAVE THE POWER OF INTERCESSION 
BUT THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED PERMISSION 
FROM GOD THE MOST GRACIOUS ONE

88  THEY SAY, GOD THE MOST GRACIOUS ONE
THAT HE HAS BEGOTTEN A SON 

89  CERTAINLY YOUR ASSERTION
IS AN ABOMINATION

90  AT IT THE SKIES ARE READY TO BURST IN AN EXPLOSION
AND THE EARTH TO SPLIT APART IN UTTER DESTRUCTION
AND THE MOUNTAINS TO FALL DOWN IN RUINATION
 
91  THAT THEY SHOULD ASCRIBE A SON 
TO GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS ONE

92  IT IS NOT IN HARMONY WITH MAJESTY OF THE HOLY ONE
THAT HE, GOD MOST GRACIOUS SHOULD BEGET A SON

93  OF THE BEINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH THERE IS NOT ONE
BUT MUST COME AS A SERVANT TO GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS ONE

94  HE DOES TAKE AN ACCOUNT OF THEM ALL
AND HAS EXACTLY NUMBERED THEM ALL

95  AND EVERYONE OF THEM WILL COME TO HIM
ALONE ON JUDGMENT DAY WITH NO HELPER WITH HIM

96  ON THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND WORK DEEDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 
WILL GOD MOST GRACIOUS BESTOW LOVE AND KINDNESS

97  AND SO HAVE WE MADE THE QURAN EASY IN YOUR OWN TONGUE 
SO WITH IT YOU MAY GIVE GOOD NEWS TO THE RIGHTEOUS ONES 
AND ALSO GIVE WARNINGS TO THE WRONG DOING ONES

98  HOW MANY GENERATIONS HAVE WE DESTROYED BEFORE THEM 
AND CAN YOU NOW FIND EVEN A SINGLE ONE OF THEM 
OR HEAR SO MUCH AS A WHISPER FROM THEM?

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