Sura 19 Maryam, ayah 7
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يَا زَكَرِيَّا إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ اسْمُهُ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا
Translation by words
- يَٰزَكَرِيَّآ
- "O Zakariya!
- إِنَّا
- Indeed, We
- نُبَشِّرُكَ
- [We] give you glad tidings
- بِغُلَٰمٍ
- of a boy
- ٱسْمُهُۥ
- his name
- يَحْيَىٰ
- (will be) Yahya,
- لَمْ
- not
- نَجْعَل
- We (have) assigned
- لَّهُۥ
- [for] it
- مِن
- before
- قَبْلُ
- before
- سَمِيًّا
- (this) name."
(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."
19:7
Translation: Saheeh International