9* He said: "So (it will be) thy Lord saith, 'That is easy for Me: I did indeed create thee before, when thou hadst been nothing!' "  
| |10* (Zakariya) said: "O my Lord! give me a Sign." "Thy Sign," was the answer, "Shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three nights, although thou art not dumb."  
| |11* 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.  
| |12* (To his son came the command): "O John! take hold of the Book with might": and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth,  
| |13* And pity (for all creatures) as from Us, and purity: He was devout,  
| |14* And kind to his parents, and he was not overbearing or rebellious.  
| |15* 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)!  
| |16* Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East.  
| |17* 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.  
| |18* She said: "I seek refuge from thee to (Allah) Most Gracious: (come not near) if thou dost fear Allah."  
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