Surah Maryam 19:7 — translation and meaning
مريم · Verse 7 / 98 · Page 305
يَا زَكَرِيَّا إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ اسْمُهُ يَحْيَى لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا
Word by Word
يَا زَكَرِيَّا
yazakariyya
O Zakariya
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed, We
نُبَشِّرُكَ
nubashiruka
[We] give you glad tidings
بِغُلَامٍ
bighulamin
of a boy
اسْمُهُ
us'muhu
his name
يَحْيَى
yahya
(will be) Yahya
لَمْ
lam
not
نَجْعَل
naj'al
We (have) assigned
لَّهُ
lahu
[for] it
مِن
min
before
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
سَمِيًّا
samiyyan
(this) name
Transliteration
Yaa Zakariyyaaa innaa nubashshiruka bighulaami nismuhoo Yahyaa lam naj'al lahoo min qablu samiyyaa
Translation
[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."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
So Allah accepted his supplication and called out to him: “O Zechariah, I am informing you of what will please you. I have accepted your supplication and granted you a boy whose name will be John. I have not given this name to anyone before him”.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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