P:  He said:  My Lord!  Appoint for me some token.  He said:  Thy token is that thou, with no bodily defect, shalt not speak unto mankind three nights.

S:  He said:  My Lord! give me a sign.  He said:  Your sign is that you will not be able to speak to the people three nights while in sound health.

019.011 Y:  So Zakariya came out to his people from him chamber:  He told them by signs to celebrate Allah’s praises in the morning and in the evening.

P:  Then he came forth unto his people from the sanctuary, and signified to them:  Glorify your Lord at break of day and fall of night.

S:  So he went forth to his people from his place of worship, then he made known to them that they should glorify (Allah) morning and evening.

019.012 Y:  (To his son came the command):  “O Yahya! take hold of the Book with might”:  and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth,

P:  (And it was said unto his son):  O John!  Hold fast the Scripture.  And we gave him wisdom when a child,

S:  O Yahya! take hold of the Book with strength, and We granted him wisdom while yet a child,

019.013 Y:  And piety (for all creatures) as from Us, and purity:  He was devout,

P:  And compassion from Our presence, and purity; and he was devout,

S:  And tenderness from Us and purity, and he was one who guarded (against evil),

019.014 Y:  And kind to his parents, and he was not overbearing or rebellious.

P:  And dutiful toward his parents.  And he was not arrogant, rebellious.

S:  And dutiful to his parents, and he was not insolent, disobedient.

019.015 Y:  So Peace on him the day he was born, the day that he dies, and the day that he will be raised up to life (again)!

P:  Peace on him the day he was born, and the day he dieth and the day he shall be raised alive!

S:  And peace on him on the day he was born, and on the day he dies, and on the day he is raised to life.

019.016 Y:  Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East.

P:  And make mention of Mary in the Scripture, when she had withdrawn from her people to a chamber looking East,

S:  And mention Marium in the Book when she drew aside from her family to an eastern place;

019.017 Y:  She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent her our angel, and he appeared before her as a man in all respects.

P:  And had chosen seclusion from them.  Then We sent unto her Our Spirit and it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man.

S:  So she took a veil (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her Our spirit, and there appeared to her a well-made man.

019.018 Y:  She said:  “I seek refuge from thee to (Allah) Most Gracious:  (come not near) if thou dost fear Allah.”

P:  She said:  Lo!  I seek refuge in the Beneficent One from thee, if thou art Allah-fearing.