In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 
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| |1* Kf. H. Y. in. Sd.  
| |2* (This is) a mention of the Mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zakariya.  
| |3* Behold! he cried to his Lord in secret,  
| |4* Praying: "O my Lord! infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair of my head doth glisten with gray: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, in my prayer to Thee!  
| |5* "Now I fear (what) my relatives (and colleagues) (will do) after me: but my wife is barren: so give me an heir as from Thyself,-  
| |6* "(One that) will (truly) inherit me, and inherit the posterity of Jacob; and make him, O my Lord! one with whom Thou art well-pleased!"  
| |7* (His prayer was answered): "O Zakariya! We give thee good news of a son: His name shall be Yahy: (John)on none by that name have We conferred distinction before."  
| |8* He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren and I have grown quite decrepit from old age?"  
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