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  "slug": "maryam",
  "name": "Maryam",
  "arabicName": "مريم",
  "meaning": "Mary",
  "period": "Makkan",
  "juz": 16,
  "tagline": "Mercy heard in a quiet prayer",
  "overview": "Quiet prayer, unexpected births, courageous witness, and the lives of earlier prophets unfold beneath the recurring name of the Most Merciful. The chapter joins tenderness toward family with uncompromising worship of one God and confidence in the final return.",
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    {
      "title": "Chapter introduction · Quran.com",
      "url": "https://quran.com/19/info"
    },
    {
      "title": "Hijrah year · Encyclopaedia Britannica (1911)",
      "url": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira"
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    {
      "title": "Mary’s retreat · Ibn Kathir",
      "url": "https://quran.com/19:16/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir"
    },
    {
      "title": "Childbirth location reports · Ibn Kathir",
      "url": "https://quran.com/19:23/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir"
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    {
      "title": "Names after earlier righteous people · Sahih Muslim 2135",
      "url": "https://sunnah.com/muslim:2135"
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      "url": "https://alquran.cloud/quran/en.sahih"
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  "sections": [
    {
      "start": 1,
      "end": 15,
      "title": "A quiet prayer, a promised child",
      "summary": "Zechariah asks in private and receives news of John, whose life is marked by wisdom and tenderness.",
      "reflection": "What does the prayer reveal about hope when ordinary expectations have narrowed?"
    },
    {
      "start": 16,
      "end": 40,
      "title": "Mary and the word of truth",
      "summary": "Mary withdraws, receives extraordinary news, faces childbirth and accusation, and hears her child testify.",
      "reflection": "Notice how care, food, reassurance, and truth answer moments of vulnerability."
    },
    {
      "start": 41,
      "end": 50,
      "title": "Abraham speaks with his father",
      "summary": "A tender appeal meets threat; Abraham parts without surrendering his worship or turning his speech into abuse.",
      "reflection": "How can conviction remain clear while language remains measured?"
    },
    {
      "start": 51,
      "end": 65,
      "title": "A company of devoted lives",
      "summary": "Moses, Aaron, Ishmael, and Idris are remembered before the contrast between neglected worship and repentance.",
      "reflection": "Which qualities connect these brief portraits more strongly than worldly rank?"
    },
    {
      "start": 66,
      "end": 87,
      "title": "Return, rank, and lasting deeds",
      "summary": "Questions about resurrection meet reminders of creation, accountability, and the limits of wealth and prestige.",
      "reflection": "What changes when enduring good matters more than a favorable appearance?"
    },
    {
      "start": 88,
      "end": 98,
      "title": "The Most Merciful and His servants",
      "summary": "Claims of divine offspring are rejected, every creature stands as a servant, and faith is joined to good action.",
      "reflection": "How does dependence upon one Lord reshape both confidence and humility?"
    }
  ],
  "timeline": [
    {
      "title": "Before 622 CE · Makkan classification",
      "year": 622,
      "body": "The Makkan classification places the chapter broadly before the Hijrah to Madinah in 622 CE. This marker is a period boundary, not a claimed year or date of revelation. Classification details and any disputed passages are explained in History.",
      "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira"
    },
    {
      "title": "Zechariah and John · no date supplied",
      "year": null,
      "body": "The chapter begins with an aging prophet’s prayer and the announced birth of John. The text provides a narrative relationship, not an absolute year for either life.",
      "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/019.htm"
    },
    {
      "title": "Mary and Jesus · no dated birth scene",
      "year": null,
      "body": "Mary’s retreat, childbirth, and return to her people follow in the account. Neither a day of birth nor a named palm tree or spring is given here.",
      "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/019.htm"
    },
    {
      "title": "Earlier prophets recalled thematically",
      "year": null,
      "body": "Abraham, Moses, Aaron, Ishmael, and Idris appear as examples of devotion. Their sequence in the chapter is thematic rather than a complete chronological chart.",
      "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/019.htm"
    }
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  "places": [
    {
      "id": "maryam-jerusalem",
      "name": "Jerusalem · a commentary setting",
      "body": "Ibn Kathir associates Mary’s service and eastern retreat with the sacred precinct in Jerusalem. This is a traditional contextual association; the chapter itself does not identify a room, gate, or surviving building.",
      "source": "https://quran.com/19:16/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir",
      "image": 1,
      "lat": 31.778,
      "lon": 35.235
    },
    {
      "id": "maryam-birth",
      "name": "Mary’s place of childbirth · unlocated",
      "body": "The Quran describes remoteness, a palm, and water without naming the town. Ibn Kathir records differing locations, including Bethlehem. No modern palm tree, spring, or shrine is presented here as independently verified.",
      "source": "https://quran.com/19:23/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir",
      "image": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "maryam-makkah",
      "name": "Makkah · revelation context",
      "body": "The chapter is generally classified as Makkan. This broad city marker concerns the setting of its reception, not the location of Mary’s birth or the homes of the earlier prophets.",
      "source": "https://quran.com/19/info",
      "image": 0,
      "lat": 21.4225,
      "lon": 39.8262
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  "people": [
    {
      "id": "zechariah",
      "title": "Zechariah · Zakariyya",
      "body": "His private prayer asks for a worthy successor, and the answer names John. His age and his wife’s condition make the promise extraordinary. No grave or precise year is identified by this chapter.",
      "verse": 2,
      "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/019.htm",
      "label": "Character and context"
    },
    {
      "id": "mary",
      "title": "Mary · Maryam",
      "body": "Mary is the central human figure of verses 16–34: vulnerable, steadfast, and vindicated within the narrative. Her childbirth location remains unnamed in the Quran; competing later associations should not be treated as a verified archaeological site.",
      "verse": 16,
      "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/019.htm",
      "label": "Character and context"
    },
    {
      "id": "jesus",
      "title": "Jesus · Isa",
      "body": "The child identifies himself as God’s servant and a prophet, linked with Scripture, prayer, charity, and kindness to his mother. The chapter explicitly rejects divine sonship while honoring him within its company of prophets.",
      "verse": 30,
      "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/019.htm",
      "label": "Character and context"
    },
    {
      "id": "aaron-expression",
      "title": "The expression “sister of Aaron”",
      "body": "Sahih Muslim 2135 records a question about this expression and an answer concerning naming after earlier prophets and righteous people. It does not require identifying Mary as the biological sister of Moses’ brother.",
      "verse": 28,
      "url": "https://sunnah.com/muslim:2135",
      "label": "A transmitted explanation"
    },
    {
      "id": "abraham",
      "title": "Abraham · Ibrahim",
      "body": "Abraham’s conversation with his father combines a clear rejection of idol worship with careful address. He is later granted Isaac and Jacob. The chapter supplies neither the father’s name here nor an exact route or date.",
      "verse": 41,
      "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/019.htm",
      "label": "Character and context"
    }
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  "history": [
    {
      "title": "A broadly Makkan chapter",
      "body": "Quran.com’s introduction reports the majority Makkan classification and notes proposed exceptions for verses 58 and 71. The edition follows the broad classification without presenting a traditional revelation order as a precise calendar date.",
      "source": "https://quran.com/19/info"
    },
    {
      "title": "Names across generations",
      "body": "The report in Sahih Muslim 2135 explains a question raised at Najran about Mary being called Aaron’s sister through an established practice of naming after earlier righteous figures. The report is cited separately from the Quranic text.",
      "source": "https://sunnah.com/muslim:2135"
    },
    {
      "title": "A birth setting that remains uncertain",
      "body": "Ibn Kathir records several geographical reports rather than one uniformly established birth location. Bethlehem is a traditional association; the text’s palm and water do not authenticate a particular present-day site.",
      "source": "https://quran.com/19:23/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir"
    },
    {
      "title": "Reading the prophetic portraits",
      "body": "The selected portraits emphasize prayer, truthfulness, care, and worship. They do not provide a dated genealogy. The verse explanations are original reading notes on the public-domain translation, with particular transmitted explanations explicitly identified.",
      "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/019.htm"
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  "revelationNote": "Generally Makkan; proposed exceptions are reported in the chapter introduction. The 622 CE marker is the Hijrah boundary used for broad orientation, not a revelation date. Ancient scenes are ordered as the chapter tells them, with uncertain places and chronology left qualified.",
  "verses": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "arabic": "كٓهيعٓصٓ",
      "translation": "Kaf, Ha, Ya, 'Ayn, Sad."
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "arabic": "ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآ",
      "translation": "[This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah"
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "arabic": "إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "When he called to his Lord a private supplication."
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "arabic": "قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًۭا وَلَمْ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "He said, \"My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy."
    },
    {
      "n": 5,
      "arabic": "وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًۭا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir"
    },
    {
      "n": 6,
      "arabic": "يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَٱجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You].\""
    },
    {
      "n": 7,
      "arabic": "يَٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّۭا",
      "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.\""
    },
    {
      "n": 8,
      "arabic": "قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌۭ وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًۭا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "He said, \"My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?\""
    },
    {
      "n": 9,
      "arabic": "قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌۭ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْـًۭٔا",
      "translation": "[An angel] said, \"Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.' \""
    },
    {
      "n": 10,
      "arabic": "قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةًۭ ۚ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَ لَيَالٍۢ سَوِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "[Zechariah] said, \"My Lord, make for me a sign.\" He said, \"Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights, [being] sound.\""
    },
    {
      "n": 11,
      "arabic": "فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِمْ أَن سَبِّحُوا۟ بُكْرَةًۭ وَعَشِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allah] in the morning and afternoon."
    },
    {
      "n": 12,
      "arabic": "يَٰيَحْيَىٰ خُذِ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِقُوَّةٍۢ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ٱلْحُكْمَ صَبِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "[Allah] said, \"O John, take the Scripture with determination.\" And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy"
    },
    {
      "n": 13,
      "arabic": "وَحَنَانًۭا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَزَكَوٰةًۭ ۖ وَكَانَ تَقِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allah"
    },
    {
      "n": 14,
      "arabic": "وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُن جَبَّارًا عَصِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant."
    },
    {
      "n": 15,
      "arabic": "وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ حَيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive."
    },
    {
      "n": 16,
      "arabic": "وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ ٱنتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًۭا شَرْقِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And mention, [O Muhammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east."
    },
    {
      "n": 17,
      "arabic": "فَٱتَّخَذَتْ مِن دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًۭا فَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًۭا سَوِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel, and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man."
    },
    {
      "n": 18,
      "arabic": "قَالَتْ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنكَ إِن كُنتَ تَقِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "She said, \"Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allah.\""
    },
    {
      "n": 19,
      "arabic": "قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَٰمًۭا زَكِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "He said, \"I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy.\""
    },
    {
      "n": 20,
      "arabic": "قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌۭ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌۭ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "She said, \"How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?\""
    },
    {
      "n": 21,
      "arabic": "قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌۭ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُۥٓ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةًۭ مِّنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًۭا مَّقْضِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "He said, \"Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.' \""
    },
    {
      "n": 22,
      "arabic": "۞ فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَٱنتَبَذَتْ بِهِۦ مَكَانًۭا قَصِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place."
    },
    {
      "n": 23,
      "arabic": "فَأَجَآءَهَا ٱلْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَٰلَيْتَنِى مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسْيًۭا مَّنسِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, \"Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten.\""
    },
    {
      "n": 24,
      "arabic": "فَنَادَىٰهَا مِن تَحْتِهَآ أَلَّا تَحْزَنِى قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "But he called her from below her, \"Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream."
    },
    {
      "n": 25,
      "arabic": "وَهُزِّىٓ إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ تُسَٰقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًۭا جَنِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates."
    },
    {
      "n": 26,
      "arabic": "فَكُلِى وَٱشْرَبِى وَقَرِّى عَيْنًۭا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْبَشَرِ أَحَدًۭا فَقُولِىٓ إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًۭا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنسِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.' \""
    },
    {
      "n": 27,
      "arabic": "فَأَتَتْ بِهِۦ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُۥ ۖ قَالُوا۟ يَٰمَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْـًۭٔا فَرِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, \"O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented."
    },
    {
      "n": 28,
      "arabic": "يَٰٓأُخْتَ هَٰرُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ ٱمْرَأَ سَوْءٍۢ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "O sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste.\""
    },
    {
      "n": 29,
      "arabic": "فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "So she pointed to him. They said, \"How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?\""
    },
    {
      "n": 30,
      "arabic": "قَالَ إِنِّى عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِىَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِى نَبِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "[Jesus] said, \"Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet."
    },
    {
      "n": 31,
      "arabic": "وَجَعَلَنِى مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوْصَٰنِى بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah as long as I remain alive"
    },
    {
      "n": 32,
      "arabic": "وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَتِى وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِى جَبَّارًۭا شَقِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant."
    },
    {
      "n": 33,
      "arabic": "وَٱلسَّلَٰمُ عَلَىَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدتُّ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive.\""
    },
    {
      "n": 34,
      "arabic": "ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ ٱلْحَقِّ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ",
      "translation": "That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute."
    },
    {
      "n": 35,
      "arabic": "مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍۢ ۖ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًۭا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ",
      "translation": "It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, \"Be,\" and it is."
    },
    {
      "n": 36,
      "arabic": "وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌۭ مُّسْتَقِيمٌۭ",
      "translation": "[Jesus said], \"And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path.\""
    },
    {
      "n": 37,
      "arabic": "فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن مَّشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ",
      "translation": "Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day."
    },
    {
      "n": 38,
      "arabic": "أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ لَٰكِنِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ",
      "translation": "How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error."
    },
    {
      "n": 39,
      "arabic": "وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ",
      "translation": "And warn them, [O Muhammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe."
    },
    {
      "n": 40,
      "arabic": "إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ",
      "translation": "Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned."
    },
    {
      "n": 41,
      "arabic": "وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًۭا نَّبِيًّا",
      "translation": "And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet."
    },
    {
      "n": 42,
      "arabic": "إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًۭٔا",
      "translation": "[Mention] when he said to his father, \"O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?"
    },
    {
      "n": 43,
      "arabic": "يَٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى قَدْ جَآءَنِى مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ مَا لَمْ يَأْتِكَ فَٱتَّبِعْنِىٓ أَهْدِكَ صِرَٰطًۭا سَوِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "O my father, indeed there has come to me of knowledge that which has not come to you, so follow me; I will guide you to an even path."
    },
    {
      "n": 44,
      "arabic": "يَٰٓأَبَتِ لَا تَعْبُدِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَصِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "O my father, do not worship Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient."
    },
    {
      "n": 45,
      "arabic": "يَٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يَمَسَّكَ عَذَابٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ فَتَكُونَ لِلشَّيْطَٰنِ وَلِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "O my father, indeed I fear that there will touch you a punishment from the Most Merciful so you would be to Satan a companion [in Hellfire].\""
    },
    {
      "n": 46,
      "arabic": "قَالَ أَرَاغِبٌ أَنتَ عَنْ ءَالِهَتِى يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَ ۖ وَٱهْجُرْنِى مَلِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "[His father] said, \"Have you no desire for my gods, O Abraham? If you do not desist, I will surely stone you, so avoid me a prolonged time.\""
    },
    {
      "n": 47,
      "arabic": "قَالَ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكَ ۖ سَأَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ رَبِّىٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِى حَفِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "[Abraham] said, \"Peace will be upon you. I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me."
    },
    {
      "n": 48,
      "arabic": "وَأَعْتَزِلُكُمْ وَمَا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى عَسَىٰٓ أَلَّآ أَكُونَ بِدُعَآءِ رَبِّى شَقِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And I will leave you and those you invoke other than Allah and will invoke my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy.\""
    },
    {
      "n": 49,
      "arabic": "فَلَمَّا ٱعْتَزَلَهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَكُلًّۭا جَعَلْنَا نَبِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "So when he had left them and those they worshipped other than Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each [of them] We made a prophet."
    },
    {
      "n": 50,
      "arabic": "وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِنَا وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ عَلِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And We gave them of Our mercy, and we made for them a reputation of high honor."
    },
    {
      "n": 51,
      "arabic": "وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مُوسَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مُخْلَصًۭا وَكَانَ رَسُولًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And mention in the Book, Moses. Indeed, he was chosen, and he was a messenger and a prophet."
    },
    {
      "n": 52,
      "arabic": "وَنَٰدَيْنَٰهُ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ وَقَرَّبْنَٰهُ نَجِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And We called him from the side of the mount at [his] right and brought him near, confiding [to him]."
    },
    {
      "n": 53,
      "arabic": "وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ مِن رَّحْمَتِنَآ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ نَبِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron as a prophet."
    },
    {
      "n": 54,
      "arabic": "وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِسْمَٰعِيلَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صَادِقَ ٱلْوَعْدِ وَكَانَ رَسُولًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And mention in the Book, Ishmael. Indeed, he was true to his promise, and he was a messenger and a prophet."
    },
    {
      "n": 55,
      "arabic": "وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ أَهْلَهُۥ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ وَكَانَ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ مَرْضِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakah and was to his Lord pleasing."
    },
    {
      "n": 56,
      "arabic": "وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِدْرِيسَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet."
    },
    {
      "n": 57,
      "arabic": "وَرَفَعْنَٰهُ مَكَانًا عَلِيًّا",
      "translation": "And We raised him to a high station."
    },
    {
      "n": 58,
      "arabic": "أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ ءَادَمَ وَمِمَّنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍۢ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَمِمَّنْ هَدَيْنَا وَٱجْتَبَيْنَآ ۚ إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ خَرُّوا۟ سُجَّدًۭا وَبُكِيًّۭا ۩",
      "translation": "Those were the ones upon whom Allah bestowed favor from among the prophets of the descendants of Adam and of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel, and of those whom We guided and chose. When the verses of the Most Merciful were recited to them, they fell in prostration and weeping."
    },
    {
      "n": 59,
      "arabic": "۞ فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا",
      "translation": "But there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -"
    },
    {
      "n": 60,
      "arabic": "إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ شَيْـًۭٔا",
      "translation": "Except those who repent, believe and do righteousness; for those will enter Paradise and will not be wronged at all."
    },
    {
      "n": 61,
      "arabic": "جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍ ٱلَّتِى وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ عِبَادَهُۥ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَأْتِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "[Therein are] gardens of perpetual residence which the Most Merciful has promised His servants in the unseen. Indeed, His promise has ever been coming."
    },
    {
      "n": 62,
      "arabic": "لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا إِلَّا سَلَٰمًۭا ۖ وَلَهُمْ رِزْقُهُمْ فِيهَا بُكْرَةًۭ وَعَشِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "They will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon."
    },
    {
      "n": 63,
      "arabic": "تِلْكَ ٱلْجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِى نُورِثُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا مَن كَانَ تَقِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "That is Paradise, which We give as inheritance to those of Our servants who were fearing of Allah."
    },
    {
      "n": 64,
      "arabic": "وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ ۖ لَهُۥ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا وَمَا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ نَسِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "[Gabriel said], \"And we [angels] descend not except by the order of your Lord. To Him belongs that before us and that behind us and what is in between. And never is your Lord forgetful -"
    },
    {
      "n": 65,
      "arabic": "رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَٱعْبُدْهُ وَٱصْطَبِرْ لِعِبَٰدَتِهِۦ ۚ هَلْ تَعْلَمُ لَهُۥ سَمِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them - so worship Him and have patience for His worship. Do you know of any similarity to Him?\""
    },
    {
      "n": 66,
      "arabic": "وَيَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَءِذَا مَا مِتُّ لَسَوْفَ أُخْرَجُ حَيًّا",
      "translation": "And the disbeliever says, \"When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?\""
    },
    {
      "n": 67,
      "arabic": "أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًۭٔا",
      "translation": "Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?"
    },
    {
      "n": 68,
      "arabic": "فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَحْشُرَنَّهُمْ وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ ثُمَّ لَنُحْضِرَنَّهُمْ حَوْلَ جَهَنَّمَ جِثِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "So by your Lord, We will surely gather them and the devils; then We will bring them to be present around Hell upon their knees."
    },
    {
      "n": 69,
      "arabic": "ثُمَّ لَنَنزِعَنَّ مِن كُلِّ شِيعَةٍ أَيُّهُمْ أَشَدُّ عَلَى ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عِتِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "Then We will surely extract from every sect those of them who were worst against the Most Merciful in insolence."
    },
    {
      "n": 70,
      "arabic": "ثُمَّ لَنَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أَوْلَىٰ بِهَا صِلِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "Then, surely it is We who are most knowing of those most worthy of burning therein."
    },
    {
      "n": 71,
      "arabic": "وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا ۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ حَتْمًۭا مَّقْضِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And there is none of you except he will come to it. This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed."
    },
    {
      "n": 72,
      "arabic": "ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّنَذَرُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِيهَا جِثِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "Then We will save those who feared Allah and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees."
    },
    {
      "n": 73,
      "arabic": "وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَىُّ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ خَيْرٌۭ مَّقَامًۭا وَأَحْسَنُ نَدِيًّۭا",
      "translation": "And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say to those who believe, \"Which of [our] two parties is best in position and best in association?\""
    },
    {
      "n": 74,
      "arabic": "وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَٰثًۭا وَرِءْيًۭا",
      "translation": "And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance?"
    },
    {
      "n": 75,
      "arabic": "قُلْ مَن كَانَ فِى ٱلضَّلَٰلَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ مَدًّا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوْا۟ مَا يُوعَدُونَ إِمَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ وَإِمَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ شَرٌّۭ مَّكَانًۭا وَأَضْعَفُ جُندًۭا",
      "translation": "Say, \"Whoever is in error - let the Most Merciful extend for him an extension [in wealth and time] until, when they see that which they were promised - either punishment [in this world] or the Hour [of resurrection] - they will come to know who is worst in position and weaker in soldiers.\""
    },
    {
      "n": 76,
      "arabic": "وَيَزِيدُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱهْتَدَوْا۟ هُدًۭى ۗ وَٱلْبَٰقِيَٰتُ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًۭا وَخَيْرٌۭ مَّرَدًّا",
      "translation": "And Allah increases those who were guided, in guidance, and the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for recourse."
    },
    {
      "n": 77,
      "arabic": "أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالَ لَأُوتَيَنَّ مَالًۭا وَوَلَدًا",
      "translation": "Then, have you seen he who disbelieved in Our verses and said, \"I will surely be given wealth and children [in the next life]?\""
    },
    {
      "n": 78,
      "arabic": "أَطَّلَعَ ٱلْغَيْبَ أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًۭا",
      "translation": "Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?"
    },
    {
      "n": 79,
      "arabic": "كَلَّا ۚ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا يَقُولُ وَنَمُدُّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ مَدًّۭا",
      "translation": "No! We will record what he says and extend for him from the punishment extensively."
    },
    {
      "n": 80,
      "arabic": "وَنَرِثُهُۥ مَا يَقُولُ وَيَأْتِينَا فَرْدًۭا",
      "translation": "And We will inherit him [in] what he mentions, and he will come to Us alone."
    },
    {
      "n": 81,
      "arabic": "وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةًۭ لِّيَكُونُوا۟ لَهُمْ عِزًّۭا",
      "translation": "And they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor."
    },
    {
      "n": 82,
      "arabic": "كَلَّا ۚ سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا",
      "translation": "No! Those \"gods\" will deny their worship of them and will be against them opponents [on the Day of Judgement]."
    },
    {
      "n": 83,
      "arabic": "أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ تَؤُزُّهُمْ أَزًّۭا",
      "translation": "Do you not see that We have sent the devils upon the disbelievers, inciting them to [evil] with [constant] incitement?"
    },
    {
      "n": 84,
      "arabic": "فَلَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا نَعُدُّ لَهُمْ عَدًّۭا",
      "translation": "So be not impatient over them. We only count out to them a [limited] number."
    },
    {
      "n": 85,
      "arabic": "يَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ إِلَى ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَفْدًۭا",
      "translation": "On the Day We will gather the righteous to the Most Merciful as a delegation"
    },
    {
      "n": 86,
      "arabic": "وَنَسُوقُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ وِرْدًۭا",
      "translation": "And will drive the criminals to Hell in thirst"
    },
    {
      "n": 87,
      "arabic": "لَّا يَمْلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًۭا",
      "translation": "None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant."
    },
    {
      "n": 88,
      "arabic": "وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَلَدًۭا",
      "translation": "And they say, \"The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son.\""
    },
    {
      "n": 89,
      "arabic": "لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِدًّۭا",
      "translation": "You have done an atrocious thing."
    },
    {
      "n": 90,
      "arabic": "تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ ٱلْجِبَالُ هَدًّا",
      "translation": "The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation"
    },
    {
      "n": 91,
      "arabic": "أَن دَعَوْا۟ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَلَدًۭا",
      "translation": "That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son."
    },
    {
      "n": 92,
      "arabic": "وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا",
      "translation": "And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son."
    },
    {
      "n": 93,
      "arabic": "إِن كُلُّ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّآ ءَاتِى ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَبْدًۭا",
      "translation": "There is no one in the heavens and earth but that he comes to the Most Merciful as a servant."
    },
    {
      "n": 94,
      "arabic": "لَّقَدْ أَحْصَىٰهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدًّۭا",
      "translation": "He has enumerated them and counted them a [full] counting."
    },
    {
      "n": 95,
      "arabic": "وَكُلُّهُمْ ءَاتِيهِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَرْدًا",
      "translation": "And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone."
    },
    {
      "n": 96,
      "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وُدًّۭا",
      "translation": "Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - the Most Merciful will appoint for them affection."
    },
    {
      "n": 97,
      "arabic": "فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ قَوْمًۭا لُّدًّۭا",
      "translation": "So, [O Muhammad], We have only made Qur'an easy in the Arabic language that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people."
    },
    {
      "n": 98,
      "arabic": "وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا",
      "translation": "And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?"
    }
  ],
  "glosses": [
    [
      "Kaaf Ha Ya Ain Sad."
    ],
    [
      "(A) mention",
      "(of the) Mercy",
      "(of) your Lord",
      "(to) His servant",
      "Zakariya"
    ],
    [
      "When",
      "he called",
      "(to) his Lord",
      "a call -",
      "secret."
    ],
    [
      "He said,",
      "\"My Lord!",
      "Indeed, [I]",
      "(have) weakened",
      "the bones",
      "of me,",
      "and flared",
      "(my) head",
      "(with) white,",
      "and not",
      "I have been",
      "in (my) supplication (to) You",
      "my Lord",
      "unblessed."
    ],
    [
      "And indeed, I",
      "[I] fear",
      "the successors",
      "from",
      "after me,",
      "and is",
      "my wife",
      "barren.",
      "So give",
      "[to] me",
      "from",
      "Yourself",
      "an heir"
    ],
    [
      "Who will inherit me",
      "and inherit",
      "from",
      "(the) family",
      "(of) Yaqub.",
      "And make him",
      "my Lord,",
      "pleasing.\""
    ],
    [
      "\"O Zakariya!",
      "Indeed, We",
      "[We] give you glad tidings",
      "of a boy",
      "his name",
      "(will be) Yahya,",
      "not",
      "We (have) assigned",
      "[for] it",
      "from",
      "before",
      "(this) name.\""
    ],
    [
      "He said,",
      "\"My Lord!",
      "How",
      "can",
      "I have",
      "a boy,",
      "while is",
      "my wife",
      "barren,",
      "and indeed,",
      "I have reached",
      "of",
      "the old age",
      "extreme?\""
    ],
    [
      "He said,",
      "\"Thus,",
      "said",
      "your Lord,",
      "'It",
      "for Me",
      "easy",
      "and certainly",
      "I (have) created you",
      "from",
      "before,",
      "while not",
      "you were",
      "anything.'\""
    ],
    [
      "He said,",
      "\"My Lord!",
      "Make",
      "for me",
      "a sign.\"",
      "He said,",
      "\"Your sign",
      "(is) that not",
      "you will speak",
      "(to) the people,",
      "(for) three",
      "nights",
      "sound.\""
    ],
    [
      "Then he came out",
      "to",
      "his people",
      "from",
      "the prayer chamber,",
      "and he signaled",
      "to them",
      "to",
      "glorify (Allah)",
      "(in) the morning",
      "and (in) the evening."
    ],
    [
      "\"O Yahya!",
      "Hold",
      "the Scripture",
      "with strength.\"",
      "And We gave him",
      "[the] wisdom",
      "(when he was) a child"
    ],
    [
      "And affection",
      "from",
      "Us",
      "and purity",
      "and he was",
      "righteous"
    ],
    [
      "And dutiful",
      "to his parents,",
      "and not",
      "he was",
      "a tyrant",
      "disobedient."
    ],
    [
      "And peace be",
      "upon him",
      "(the) day",
      "he was born",
      "and (the) day",
      "he dies",
      "and (the) day",
      "he will be raised",
      "alive."
    ],
    [
      "And mention",
      "in",
      "the Book",
      "Maryam,",
      "when",
      "she withdrew",
      "from",
      "her family",
      "(to) a place",
      "eastern."
    ],
    [
      "Then she took",
      "apart",
      "from them",
      "a screen.",
      "Then We sent",
      "to her",
      "Our Spirit",
      "then he assumed the likeness",
      "for her",
      "(of) a man",
      "well-proportioned."
    ],
    [
      "She said,",
      "\"Indeed, I",
      "[I] seek refuge",
      "with the Most Gracious",
      "from you",
      "if",
      "you are",
      "God fearing.\""
    ],
    [
      "He said,",
      "\"Only",
      "I am",
      "a Messenger",
      "(from) your Lord,",
      "that I (may) bestow",
      "on you",
      "a son",
      "pure.\""
    ],
    [
      "She said,",
      "\"How",
      "can be",
      "for me",
      "a son,",
      "when not",
      "has touched me",
      "a man,",
      "and not",
      "I am",
      "unchaste?\""
    ],
    [
      "He said,",
      "\"Thus;",
      "said",
      "your Lord,",
      "'It",
      "(is) for Me",
      "easy,",
      "and so that We will make him",
      "a sign",
      "for the mankind",
      "and a Mercy",
      "from Us.",
      "And (it) is",
      "a matter",
      "decreed.'\""
    ],
    [
      "So she conceived him,",
      "and she withdrew",
      "with him",
      "(to) a place",
      "remote."
    ],
    [
      "Then drove her",
      "the pains of childbirth",
      "to",
      "(the) trunk",
      "(of) the date-palm.",
      "She said,",
      "\"O! I wish",
      "I (had) died",
      "before",
      "this",
      "and I was",
      "(in) oblivion,",
      "forgotten.\""
    ],
    [
      "So cried to her",
      "from",
      "beneath her,",
      "\"That (do) not",
      "grieve",
      "verily,",
      "(has) placed",
      "your Lord",
      "beneath you,",
      "a stream."
    ],
    [
      "And shake",
      "towards you",
      "(the) trunk",
      "(of) the date-palm,",
      "it will drop",
      "upon you",
      "fresh dates",
      "ripe."
    ],
    [
      "So eat",
      "and drink",
      "and cool",
      "(your) eyes.",
      "And if",
      "you see",
      "from",
      "human being",
      "anyone",
      "then say,",
      "\"Indeed, I",
      "[I] have vowed",
      "to the Most Gracious",
      "a fast,",
      "so not",
      "I will speak",
      "today",
      "(to any) human being.\""
    ],
    [
      "Then she came",
      "with him",
      "(to) her people,",
      "carrying him.",
      "They said,",
      "\"O Maryam!",
      "Certainly,",
      "you (have) brought",
      "a thing",
      "astonishing."
    ],
    [
      "O sister",
      "(of) Harun!",
      "Not",
      "was",
      "your father",
      "a man",
      "of evil,",
      "and not",
      "was",
      "your mother",
      "unchaste.\""
    ],
    [
      "Then she pointed",
      "to him.",
      "They said,",
      "\"How",
      "(can) we speak",
      "(to one) who",
      "is",
      "in",
      "the cradle,",
      "a child?\""
    ],
    [
      "He said,",
      "\"Indeed, I am",
      "a slave",
      "(of) Allah.",
      "He gave me",
      "the Scripture",
      "and made me",
      "a Prophet."
    ],
    [
      "And He (has) made me",
      "blessed",
      "where",
      "ever",
      "I am",
      "and has enjoined (on) me",
      "[of] the prayer",
      "and zakah,",
      "as long as",
      "I remain",
      "alive"
    ],
    [
      "And dutiful",
      "to my mother,",
      "and not",
      "He (has) made me",
      "insolent,",
      "unblessed."
    ],
    [
      "And peace (be)",
      "on me",
      "(the) day",
      "I was born",
      "and (the) day",
      "I will die",
      "and (the) Day",
      "I will be raised",
      "alive.\""
    ],
    [
      "That",
      "(was) Isa,",
      "(the) son",
      "(of) Maryam,",
      "a statement",
      "(of) truth",
      "that which",
      "about it",
      "they dispute."
    ],
    [
      "Not",
      "(it) is",
      "for Allah",
      "that",
      "He should take",
      "any",
      "son.",
      "Glory be to Him!",
      "When",
      "He decrees",
      "a matter,",
      "then only",
      "He says",
      "to it,",
      "\"Be\"",
      "and it is."
    ],
    [
      "\"And indeed,",
      "Allah",
      "(is) my Lord",
      "and your Lord,",
      "so worship Him.",
      "This",
      "(is) a path",
      "straight.\""
    ],
    [
      "But differed",
      "the sects",
      "from",
      "among them,",
      "so woe",
      "to those who",
      "disbelieve",
      "from",
      "(the) witnessing",
      "(of) a Day",
      "great."
    ],
    [
      "How clearly will hear",
      "they!",
      "and how (they will) see!",
      "(the) Day",
      "they will come to Us,",
      "but",
      "the wrongdoers",
      "today",
      "(are) in",
      "error",
      "clear."
    ],
    [
      "And warn them",
      "(of the) Day",
      "(of) the Regret,",
      "when",
      "has been decided",
      "the matter.",
      "And they",
      "(are) in",
      "heedlessness,",
      "and they",
      "(do) not",
      "believe."
    ],
    [
      "Indeed, We",
      "[We]",
      "[We] will inherit",
      "the earth",
      "and whoever",
      "(is) on it,",
      "and to Us",
      "they will be returned."
    ],
    [
      "And mention",
      "in",
      "the Book",
      "Ibrahim.",
      "Indeed, he",
      "was",
      "a man of truth,",
      "a Prophet."
    ],
    [
      "When",
      "he said",
      "to his father,",
      "\"O my father!",
      "Why",
      "(do) you worship",
      "that which",
      "not",
      "hears",
      "and not",
      "sees",
      "and not",
      "benefits",
      "[to] you",
      "(in) anything?"
    ],
    [
      "O my father!",
      "Indeed, [I]",
      "verily",
      "(has) come to me",
      "of",
      "the knowledge",
      "what",
      "not",
      "came to you,",
      "so follow me;",
      "I will guide you",
      "(to) the path",
      "even."
    ],
    [
      "O my father!",
      "(Do) not",
      "worship",
      "the Shaitaan.",
      "Indeed,",
      "the Shaitaan",
      "is",
      "to the Most Gracious",
      "disobedient."
    ],
    [
      "O my father!",
      "Indeed, I",
      "[I] fear",
      "that",
      "will touch you",
      "a punishment",
      "from",
      "the Most Gracious,",
      "so you would be",
      "to the Shaitaan",
      "a friend.\""
    ],
    [
      "He said,",
      "Do dislike",
      "you",
      "(from)",
      "my gods,",
      "O Ibrahim?",
      "Surely, if",
      "not",
      "you desist",
      "surely, I will stone you,",
      "so leave me",
      "(for) a prolonged time.\""
    ],
    [
      "He said,",
      "\"Peace (be)",
      "on you.",
      "I will ask forgiveness",
      "for you",
      "(from) my Lord.",
      "Indeed, He",
      "is",
      "to me",
      "Ever Gracious."
    ],
    [
      "And I will leave you",
      "and what",
      "you invoke",
      "instead",
      "of",
      "Allah",
      "and I will invoke",
      "my Lord.",
      "May be",
      "that not",
      "I will be",
      "in invocation",
      "(to) my Lord",
      "unblessed.\""
    ],
    [
      "So when",
      "he left them",
      "and what",
      "they worshipped",
      "instead",
      "of",
      "Allah,",
      "[and] We bestowed",
      "[to] him",
      "Isaac",
      "and Yaqub,",
      "and each (of them)",
      "We made",
      "a Prophet."
    ],
    [
      "And We bestowed",
      "to them",
      "of",
      "Our Mercy,",
      "and We made",
      "for them",
      "a mention",
      "of truth,",
      "high."
    ],
    [
      "And mention",
      "in",
      "the Book,",
      "Musa.",
      "Indeed, he",
      "was",
      "chosen",
      "and was",
      "a Messenger,",
      "a Prophet."
    ],
    [
      "And We called him",
      "from",
      "(the) side",
      "(of) the Mount",
      "the right,",
      "and brought him near",
      "(for) conversation."
    ],
    [
      "And We bestowed",
      "[to] him",
      "from",
      "Our Mercy",
      "his brother",
      "Harun,",
      "a Prophet."
    ],
    [
      "And mention",
      "in",
      "the Book,",
      "Ishmael.",
      "Indeed, he",
      "was",
      "true",
      "(to his) promise",
      "and was",
      "a Messenger -",
      "a Prophet."
    ],
    [
      "And he used",
      "(to) enjoin",
      "(on) his people",
      "the prayer",
      "and zakah",
      "and was",
      "near",
      "his Lord",
      "pleasing."
    ],
    [
      "And mention",
      "in",
      "the Book,",
      "Idris.",
      "Indeed, he",
      "was",
      "truthful,",
      "a Prophet."
    ],
    [
      "And We raised him",
      "(to) a position",
      "high."
    ],
    [
      "Those",
      "(were) the ones whom",
      "bestowed favor",
      "Allah",
      "upon them",
      "from (among)",
      "the Prophets,",
      "of",
      "(the) offspring",
      "(of) Adam,",
      "and of those",
      "We carried",
      "with",
      "Nuh",
      "and of",
      "(the) offspring",
      "(of) Ibrahim",
      "and Israel",
      "and of (those) whom",
      "We guided",
      "and We chose.",
      "When",
      "were recited",
      "to them",
      "(the) Verses",
      "(of) the Most Gracious,",
      "they fell",
      "prostrating",
      "and weeping."
    ],
    [
      "Then succeeded",
      "from",
      "after them",
      "successors,",
      "who neglected",
      "the prayer",
      "and they followed",
      "the lusts",
      "so soon,",
      "they will meet",
      "evil"
    ],
    [
      "Except",
      "(one) who",
      "repented",
      "and believed",
      "and did",
      "good (deeds).",
      "Then those",
      "will enter",
      "Paradise",
      "and not",
      "they will be wronged",
      "(in) anything."
    ],
    [
      "Gardens",
      "(of) Eden,",
      "which",
      "promised",
      "the Most Gracious",
      "(to) His slaves",
      "in the unseen.",
      "Indeed, [it]",
      "is",
      "His promise",
      "sure to come."
    ],
    [
      "Not",
      "they will hear",
      "therein",
      "vain talk",
      "but",
      "peace.",
      "And for them",
      "(is) their provision",
      "therein,",
      "morning",
      "and evening."
    ],
    [
      "This",
      "(is) Paradise,",
      "which",
      "We give (as) inheritance",
      "[of] (to)",
      "Our slaves",
      "(the one) who",
      "is",
      "righteous."
    ],
    [
      "And not",
      "we descend",
      "except",
      "by (the) Command",
      "(of) your Lord.",
      "To Him (belongs)",
      "what",
      "before",
      "us",
      "and what",
      "(is) behind us,",
      "and what",
      "(is) between",
      "that.",
      "And not",
      "is",
      "your Lord",
      "forgetful"
    ],
    [
      "Lord",
      "(of) the heavens",
      "and the earth",
      "and whatever",
      "(is) between both of them,",
      "so worship Him",
      "and be constant",
      "in His worship.",
      "Do",
      "you know",
      "for Him",
      "any similarity?"
    ],
    [
      "And says",
      "[the] man,",
      "What! When",
      "[indeed]",
      "I am dead,",
      "surely will",
      "I be brought forth",
      "alive?\""
    ],
    [
      "Does not",
      "remember",
      "[the] man",
      "that We,",
      "We created him",
      "from",
      "before,",
      "while not",
      "he was",
      "anything?"
    ],
    [
      "So by your Lord,",
      "surely, We will gather them",
      "and the devils,",
      "then",
      "surely, We will bring them",
      "around",
      "Hell",
      "bent (on) knees."
    ],
    [
      "Then",
      "surely, We will drag out",
      "from",
      "every",
      "sect,",
      "those of them",
      "(who were) worst",
      "against",
      "the Most Gracious",
      "(in) rebellion."
    ],
    [
      "Then",
      "surely, We",
      "know best",
      "[of] those who",
      "[they]",
      "(are) most worthy",
      "therein",
      "(of) being burnt."
    ],
    [
      "And (there is) not",
      "(any) of you",
      "but",
      "(will be) passing over it.",
      "(This) is",
      "upon",
      "your Lord",
      "an inevitability",
      "decreed."
    ],
    [
      "Then",
      "We will deliver",
      "those who",
      "feared (Allah),",
      "and We will leave",
      "the wrongdoers",
      "therein",
      "bent (on) knees."
    ],
    [
      "And when",
      "are recited",
      "to them",
      "Our Verses",
      "clear,",
      "say",
      "those who",
      "disbelieved",
      "to those who",
      "believed,",
      "\"Which",
      "(of) the two groups",
      "(is) better",
      "(in) position.",
      "and best",
      "(in) assembly?\""
    ],
    [
      "And how many",
      "We destroyed",
      "before them",
      "of",
      "a generation -",
      "they",
      "(were) better",
      "(in) possessions",
      "and appearance?"
    ],
    [
      "Say,",
      "\"Whoever",
      "is",
      "in",
      "[the] error,",
      "then surely will extend",
      "for him",
      "the Most Gracious",
      "an extension,",
      "until",
      "when",
      "they see",
      "what",
      "they were promised,",
      "either",
      "the punishment",
      "or",
      "the Hour,",
      "then they will know",
      "who",
      "[he]",
      "(is) worst",
      "(in) position",
      "and weaker",
      "(in) forces.\""
    ],
    [
      "And increases",
      "Allah",
      "those who",
      "accept guidance,",
      "(in) guidance.",
      "And the everlasting",
      "good deeds",
      "(are) better",
      "near",
      "your Lord",
      "(for) reward",
      "and better",
      "(for) return."
    ],
    [
      "Then, have you seen",
      "he who",
      "disbelieved",
      "in Our Verses,",
      "and said,",
      "\"Surely, I will be given",
      "wealth",
      "and children?\""
    ],
    [
      "Has he looked",
      "(into) the unseen,",
      "or",
      "has he taken",
      "from",
      "the Most Gracious",
      "a promise?"
    ],
    [
      "Nay,",
      "We will record",
      "what",
      "he says,",
      "and We will extend",
      "for him",
      "from",
      "the punishment",
      "extensively."
    ],
    [
      "And We will inherit (from) him",
      "what",
      "he says,",
      "and he will come to Us",
      "alone."
    ],
    [
      "And they have taken",
      "instead",
      "of",
      "Allah,",
      "gods,",
      "that they may be",
      "for them",
      "an honor."
    ],
    [
      "Nay,",
      "they will deny",
      "their worship (of them)",
      "and they will be",
      "against them",
      "opponents."
    ],
    [
      "Do not",
      "you see,",
      "that We",
      "[We] have sent",
      "the devils",
      "upon",
      "the disbelievers,",
      "inciting them",
      "(with) incitement."
    ],
    [
      "So (do) not",
      "make haste",
      "against them.",
      "Only",
      "We count",
      "for them",
      "a number."
    ],
    [
      "(The) Day",
      "We will gather",
      "the righteous",
      "to",
      "the Most Gracious",
      "(as) a delegation"
    ],
    [
      "And We will drive",
      "the criminals",
      "to",
      "Hell",
      "thirsty."
    ],
    [
      "Not",
      "they will have the power",
      "(of) the intercession",
      "except",
      "(he) who",
      "has taken",
      "from",
      "the Most Gracious",
      "a covenant."
    ],
    [
      "And they say,",
      "\"Has taken",
      "the Most Gracious",
      "a son.\""
    ],
    [
      "Verily,",
      "you have put forth",
      "a thing",
      "atrocious."
    ],
    [
      "Almost",
      "the heavens",
      "get torn",
      "therefrom,",
      "and splits asunder",
      "the earth",
      "and collapse",
      "the mountain",
      "(in) devastation"
    ],
    [
      "That",
      "they invoke",
      "to the Most Gracious",
      "a son."
    ],
    [
      "And not",
      "is appropriate",
      "for the Most Gracious",
      "that",
      "He should take",
      "a son."
    ],
    [
      "Not",
      "all",
      "who",
      "(are) in",
      "the heavens",
      "and the earth",
      "but",
      "(will) come",
      "(to) the Most Gracious",
      "(as) a slave."
    ],
    [
      "Verily,",
      "He has enumerated them",
      "and counted them,",
      "a counting."
    ],
    [
      "And all of them",
      "(will) come (to) Him",
      "(on the) Day",
      "(of) the Resurrection",
      "alone."
    ],
    [
      "Indeed,",
      "those who",
      "believed",
      "and did",
      "good deeds,",
      "will bestow",
      "for them",
      "the Most Gracious",
      "affection."
    ],
    [
      "So, only",
      "We (have) made it easy",
      "in your tongue,",
      "that you may give glad tidings",
      "with it",
      "(to) the righteous",
      "and warn",
      "with it",
      "a people",
      "hostile."
    ],
    [
      "And how many",
      "We (have) destroyed",
      "before them",
      "of",
      "a generation?",
      "Can",
      "you perceive",
      "of them",
      "any",
      "one",
      "or",
      "hear",
      "from them",
      "a sound?"
    ]
  ],
  "titles": [
    "Letters opening the account",
    "Mercy remembered through a life",
    "A private cry",
    "Age spoken without disguise",
    "Concern for what comes after",
    "An inheritance joined with acceptance",
    "Good news and a name",
    "Astonishment at the promise",
    "The One who created before",
    "A sign through silence",
    "An invitation conveyed without speech",
    "John and the scripture",
    "Compassion and purity",
    "Duty without arrogance",
    "Peace at life's great transitions",
    "Mary withdraws toward the east",
    "A messenger in an unexpected form",
    "Seeking refuge in the Merciful",
    "The visitor states his mission",
    "Mary names the difficulty",
    "A sign and a mercy",
    "Withdrawal to a distant place",
    "Pain and a cry of distress",
    "Reassurance and nearby water",
    "Dates within reach",
    "Nourishment, consolation, and silence",
    "Returning with the child",
    "The address as sister of Aaron",
    "An answer beyond their expectation",
    "Jesus speaks as God's servant",
    "Blessing expressed in worship and giving",
    "Care for his mother",
    "Peace through birth, death, and rising",
    "The account identifies its subject",
    "Creation without divine offspring",
    "One Lord and one direction of worship",
    "Disagreement before a greater meeting",
    "Hearing and seeing too late",
    "A day of regret",
    "The earth's final inheritor",
    "Abraham remembered for truthfulness",
    "A gentle form of a difficult question",
    "Knowledge offered as guidance",
    "Do not follow rebellion",
    "Concern about his father's outcome",
    "A threat replaces discussion",
    "Peace at the moment of separation",
    "Withdrawal without abandoning prayer",
    "A family gift after separation",
    "Mercy and an honorable remembrance",
    "Moses as a chosen messenger",
    "Called near the mountain",
    "Aaron granted as a mercy",
    "Ishmael keeps his word",
    "Worship begins near home",
    "Idris remembered briefly",
    "An elevated station",
    "A lineage of humble response",
    "A later generation loses its direction",
    "The door of return remains open",
    "A promise beyond present sight",
    "Peace instead of empty speech",
    "An inheritance connected with reverence",
    "Coming by the Lord's command",
    "Steadfast worship of the incomparable Lord",
    "The question of life after death",
    "Remember the first beginning",
    "A gathering beyond worldly control",
    "Stubbornness brought into view",
    "Knowledge of the deserving",
    "An unavoidable approach",
    "Rescue and the consequence of wrongdoing",
    "Status used as an answer",
    "Greater splendor has already disappeared",
    "A long interval does not settle the issue",
    "Good that continues to matter",
    "A confident claim about future wealth",
    "Has he access to the unseen?",
    "The boast is itself recorded",
    "Arriving without the claimed possessions",
    "Gods chosen as a source of strength",
    "The supposed allies become opponents",
    "A pattern of incitement",
    "Do not demand the end in haste",
    "An honored gathering before the Merciful",
    "The guilty driven in weariness",
    "Intercession is not independent power",
    "The claim of divine offspring returns",
    "The seriousness of the claim",
    "Creation pictured as shaken",
    "The reason for the rebuke",
    "Beyond the relations of parenthood",
    "Every creature comes as a servant",
    "Every life fully known",
    "Each person comes alone",
    "Love appointed through mercy",
    "A language for good news and warning",
    "The silence of vanished generations"
  ],
  "notes": [
    "The chapter begins with five separate letters before turning to a story of mercy. Their definitive expansion is not supplied here. They mark a threshold of attentive listening rather than providing a code whose hidden meaning this reader claims to resolve.",
    "Zechariah's story is introduced as a remembrance of the Lord's mercy toward His servant. This framing matters for the episodes that follow. Extraordinary gifts, human vulnerability, and answered prayers will be understood through mercy rather than through spectacle alone.",
    "Zechariah calls to his Lord quietly. The narrative begins with a prayer beyond public display, making inward dependence visible to the reader. The value of the appeal does not rest on an audience hearing it or recognizing the speaker's importance.",
    "Weakening bones and a head bright with gray hair describe Zechariah's condition honestly. His remembered experience of prayer accompanies that frailty. Faith does not require him to deny the changes of age before asking his Lord for a gift beyond ordinary expectation.",
    "Zechariah expresses concern about those who will remain after him and asks for a successor despite his wife's childlessness. The prayer looks beyond personal comfort toward continuity. The verse does not provide a complete account of every family relationship behind his concern.",
    "The requested successor is connected with Zechariah and the house of Jacob, but the prayer ends by asking that he be pleasing to God. Continuity is therefore more than possession or lineage. The character of the one who follows matters deeply.",
    "The response announces a son named John, Yahya in Arabic. The child's name accompanies the promise before his birth. The verse presents the gift as particular and known to God, answering a private fear with a direct and personal assurance.",
    "Zechariah asks how a son can come amid his old age and his wife's childlessness. The question gives voice to the distance between familiar experience and the announced gift. The narrative allows wonder to be expressed without making it the end of trust.",
    "The answer describes the promised birth as easy for God and recalls Zechariah's own creation from nonexistence. What appears impossible within the limits of ordinary expectation is set beside the greater mystery of having received life in the first place.",
    "Zechariah receives a sign: for three nights he will not speak to people despite being physically sound. The silence belongs to this particular account. It is not described as a general requirement for prayer or a technique for producing an extraordinary response.",
    "Leaving the sanctuary, Zechariah signals his people to praise God morning and evening. His inability to speak does not end his concern for their worship. The scene connects the private promise with a public invitation to sustained remembrance and gratitude.",
    "The account moves to John, who is called to hold firmly to the scripture and receives wisdom while young. His importance is expressed through responsibility toward revelation. The verse does not make maturity of character dependent only on the length of a life.",
    "John's portrait includes compassion, purity, and reverence. Wisdom is thus joined to the quality of his relationships and inward life. The verse invites readers to recognize holiness through care and moral character, rather than imagine knowledge as something detached from gentleness.",
    "John is dutiful toward his parents and free of overbearing rebellion. The description brings his earlier spiritual qualities into a familiar relationship. Devotion becomes visible in how a person treats those closest to them, not only in conspicuous acts of worship.",
    "Peace accompanies John at birth, death, and resurrection. The blessing spans the whole human course rather than one successful moment. It prepares a parallel statement later in Jesus' speech, linking the two extraordinary birth accounts through their shared dependence on God.",
    "Mary's story begins with withdrawal from her people to an eastern place. The verse gives a direction but no precise modern coordinate. Later geographical traditions can offer context, while the Quran's own account centers on the encounter that follows her seclusion.",
    "A spirit sent by God appears to Mary in the likeness of a well formed human being. The scene describes her encounter without making that appearance an invitation to portraiture. The narrative's concern is the message and Mary's response to an unexpected visitor.",
    "Mary responds by seeking God's protection and appealing to the visitor's reverence. Her caution is part of her dignity in the account. The verse does not ask her to abandon personal boundaries merely because an unfamiliar presence has entered her seclusion.",
    "The visitor identifies himself as a messenger from Mary's Lord and announces a pure son. This answers her immediate concern by clarifying his purpose. The promise is framed as a divine gift, without suggesting that the messenger is an independent source of life.",
    "Mary asks how she can have a child without having been touched by a man or having been unchaste. Her question makes the extraordinary character of the announcement explicit. The story preserves her own voice instead of leaving her experience unspoken.",
    "The response declares the birth easy for God and describes the child as a sign and mercy for humanity. The promise is not framed merely as an exception to ordinary events. Its meaning concerns what the gift will communicate about divine power and care.",
    "Mary conceives and moves to a place apart. The verse's brevity leaves the duration and route unspecified. The narrative follows her increasing solitude without providing evidence for a confidently mapped journey or a precise calendar date for the birth.",
    "Childbirth brings Mary to a palm trunk, where she voices profound anguish. The narrative does not conceal her suffering or treat it as a failure of devotion. The following care answers that distress; the cry itself is not personal advice for a suffering reader.",
    "A voice calls from below, telling Mary not to grieve and announcing water beneath her. The verse offers concrete relief within the scene. It does not securely identify a spring that modern visitors can point to as the exact water source.",
    "Mary is told to shake the palm so ripe dates will fall. Provision arrives through a small action she can take in her present condition. The scene joins care with participation, without turning its detail into a medical prescription for every birth.",
    "Mary is invited to eat, drink, and find comfort, while a vow of silence governs her response to anyone she meets. The immediate focus is rest and protection from argument. This particular instruction is not presented as a universal silence rule for new mothers.",
    "Mary brings the child to her people, and their first response is astonishment and accusation. The private experience now meets public judgment. The story asks readers to notice how quickly a community can reach a verdict without understanding what it has encountered.",
    "The people invoke Mary's family reputation through the address to Aaron. Sahih Muslim records an explanation that earlier people used the names of prophets and righteous predecessors. The phrase need not identify Mary as the biological sister of Moses' brother.",
    "Mary points toward the child, and the people object that an infant cannot answer them. The question sets the scene for the speech that follows. Their assumption about ordinary infancy highlights the extraordinary defense of Mary within the Quranic account.",
    "The child identifies himself first as God's servant and then through scripture and prophethood. This opening establishes the theological direction of his speech. The extraordinary birth and speech affirm a divine gift without turning the recipient into a divine partner.",
    "Jesus describes blessing wherever he may be and the charge to pray and give throughout life. His mission is presented through service and responsibility. The verse connects an extraordinary calling with continuing acts that orient a life toward God and other people.",
    "Jesus speaks of being dutiful to his mother and not overbearing or wretched. The defense of Mary includes a positive account of their relationship. Reverence for God is shown alongside tenderness toward the person whose distress the preceding scene has made visible.",
    "Jesus speaks of peace at the same three transitions named earlier for John. The parallel links their human lives within divine care. The verse does not provide a calendar date for these events or erase the chapter's distinction between a servant and the Creator.",
    "The narrative names Jesus as the son of Mary and presents its preceding account as truth amid dispute. The statement gathers the birth, speech, and mission into one description. Readers should distinguish that Quranic account from additional details supplied by later traditions.",
    "The chapter rejects divine sonship and affirms God's power to bring about what He decrees. The point concerns the Creator's independence from human patterns of generation. An extraordinary birth is not treated as proof that God has entered a family relationship.",
    "God is described as the Lord of both speaker and audience, followed by the call to worship Him. The statement gives the argument a practical conclusion. Correct understanding is meant to direct devotion, rather than remain only a dispute over descriptions.",
    "Groups differ about the account, while the warning points toward an overwhelming day of meeting. The verse recognizes division without assigning readers the final judgment over every individual. The coming encounter places the seriousness of those differences within divine accountability.",
    "The contrast sets future clarity against present error. What people fail to receive now will become unmistakable when they stand before God. The verse asks readers to consider whether attention is being delayed until there is no longer an opportunity for a changed response.",
    "The warning names anguish after the matter has been decided, while people remain careless in the present. Its force concerns the value of the time still available. Reflection and repair matter now because the narrative imagines a point beyond ordinary opportunities for change.",
    "God inherits the earth and all upon it, and everyone returns to Him. The statement overturns the impression that human possession is permanent. It also completes the account's movement from particular family stories toward a universal horizon of dependence and return.",
    "Abraham is introduced through truthfulness and prophethood before the conversation with his father. The qualities frame a disagreement within a close relationship. The coming exchange will ask how conviction, concern, and restraint can coexist when family beliefs differ deeply.",
    "Abraham addresses his father affectionately while questioning worship of what cannot hear, see, or help. The repeated family address matters to the tone. His disagreement is serious, but it begins by inviting examination of the powers attributed to the object of devotion.",
    "Abraham speaks of knowledge received and offers to guide his father toward a straight path. He does not claim that age or family position alone settles the issue. The appeal presents understanding as something to share for another person's good.",
    "The warning connects false worship with Satan's rebellion against the Merciful. The divine name keeps mercy present even in a sharp disagreement. Abraham asks his father to reconsider the direction of his allegiance, rather than merely change the outward form of a ritual.",
    "Abraham expresses fear that punishment may overtake his father and place him alongside Satan. The warning is voiced as concern within their relationship. Its emotional force comes from the possibility of loss, rather than enjoyment at the thought of another person's defeat.",
    "The father answers with rejection, a threat of stoning, and a demand that Abraham leave. The narrative shows the conversation moving from an argument about worship to coercion. The threatened violence belongs to the father's refusal, not to an example readers should imitate.",
    "Abraham replies with peace and promises to ask his Lord for forgiveness for his father. He recalls divine graciousness instead of answering threat with threat. The verse records this moment of the relationship without claiming to narrate every later development concerning that prayer.",
    "Abraham separates from the worship he rejects while continuing to call upon his own Lord. Distance becomes a way of preserving conviction in a hostile setting. The verse distinguishes leaving an intolerable dispute from surrendering the hope and dependence expressed in prayer.",
    "After Abraham withdraws, Isaac and Jacob are granted to him and both are made prophets. The account answers the loneliness of separation with continuity and companionship. Its concise sequence does not specify how many years separate each stage of the family story.",
    "Abraham's family receives mercy and a truthful, elevated reputation. The blessing concerns the continuing meaning of their lives beyond immediate circumstances. The verse connects lasting honor with divine favor rather than with the social approval Abraham lost during the earlier confrontation.",
    "Moses is remembered as chosen and as both messenger and prophet. The brief portrait shifts attention to another form of divine calling. His place in the sequence contributes to shared themes of mercy and service rather than a complete chronology of all the prophets.",
    "Moses receives a call from the mountain's right side and is brought near for communication. The verse emphasizes the relationship of calling and nearness. It does not identify a modern trail or permit a visible depiction of the divine speaker.",
    "Moses' brother Aaron is given to him as a prophet through divine mercy. The gift is a person who shares responsibility, not simply a material advantage. The verse highlights the value of support and companionship within a demanding prophetic commission.",
    "Ishmael is introduced through fidelity to promises as well as his prophetic role. The character trait gives the portrait an immediately recognizable ethical dimension. A sacred calling is expressed in reliability, making everyday commitments part of the reader's reflection on the example.",
    "Ishmael directs his people or household toward prayer and giving and is pleasing to his Lord. Leadership includes responsibility for those close at hand. The verse joins devotion with generosity rather than allowing the care of a household to become only material provision.",
    "Idris is described through truthfulness and prophethood in a very concise portrait. The verse does not supply a full biography or resolve later historical identifications. Its contribution is the honored place of another faithful figure within the chapter's gathered remembrance.",
    "Idris is raised to a high station. The short statement affirms honor without providing a physical map of the unseen or a verified earthly tomb. Readers can receive its praise while keeping later elaborations distinct from the limited detail given here.",
    "The prophets are gathered through descent, guidance, and favor, then described as falling in prostration and tears before revelation. Their shared distinction is receptive worship. The prostration sign remains in the Arabic text without being counted as a spoken word.",
    "The contrast concerns successors who neglect prayer and follow unchecked desires. Honorable ancestry does not guarantee an honorable response. The warning asks what a generation does with an inherited tradition, rather than assuming that belonging to it automatically preserves its purpose.",
    "Repentance, belief, and good action interrupt the warning with a promise of entry into the Garden. No one is wronged. The verse makes a changed direction meaningful, preventing the previous account of failure from becoming a declaration that restoration is impossible.",
    "The gardens are promised by the Merciful although they belong to what is unseen. Trust rests on the promise's faithfulness, not on a claimed human survey of their location. Any accompanying garden scene is an illustration of hope, not documentary access.",
    "The Garden is described through freedom from idle talk, the greeting of peace, and continuing provision. The promise gives communication a central place in wellbeing. Readers can reflect on how the quality of speech already affects the communities they inhabit now.",
    "The Garden is the inheritance granted to those who guard against wrongdoing. The statement completes the preceding promise of peace and provision. The chapter again connects hope with a lived response, rather than with worldly prestige or a merely claimed religious affiliation.",
    "The speakers describe their coming as governed by God's command and affirm that nothing lies outside His ownership. The Lord has not forgotten. The reassurance directs attention to divine knowledge without claiming that human impatience can determine when revelation or help arrives.",
    "The Lord of heaven, earth, and everything between is to be worshipped with perseverance. The final question rejects a comparable rival. The verse gathers the preceding accounts into a sustained practice of devotion, rather than leaving them as isolated extraordinary events.",
    "A human voice asks whether death will really be followed by renewed life. The question introduces the chapter's direct argument about resurrection. The account does not hide the difficulty people feel when comparing bodily decay with a promise beyond familiar experience.",
    "The answer recalls the person's original creation from nothing. Existence itself becomes a reason to reconsider the impossibility claimed for resurrection. The argument directs attention from the limits of human expectation to the power already implicit in having received life.",
    "The people and the devils are assembled and brought near the scene of judgment. The image overturns the apparent independence of their earlier opposition. It belongs to the unseen account and should not be presented as a place humans can photograph or locate.",
    "From each group, the most hardened rebels are singled out in the judgment scene. Their conduct, not simply their public position, determines the emphasis. The verse directs moral scrutiny toward persistent resistance while leaving complete assessment of individual hearts with God.",
    "The statement affirms God's superior knowledge of who deserves the described punishment. This matters after the scene of selection. A reader should not mistake the warning for personal access to that knowledge or a license to announce specific living people's final outcomes.",
    "The verse describes an approach that none can evade, followed immediately by a distinction in the next verse. It should be read with that continuation. The passage affirms the seriousness of accountability without giving a complete visible map of the final journey.",
    "Those who guarded against wrongdoing are rescued, while the wrongdoers remain. The distinction completes the preceding announcement of an unavoidable encounter. The account's severity is therefore joined to deliverance, keeping the reader attentive to both moral responsibility and promised care.",
    "The opponents compare their position and impressive company with those of the believers. Their response evaluates revelation through worldly standing. The verse asks readers to notice how wealth, numbers, or prestige can become substitutes for engaging with a message's actual claims.",
    "Earlier generations possessed still more impressive equipment and appearances, yet did not remain. The reply challenges the confidence expressed in the previous verse. Present advantage cannot be treated as proof of permanent security or as the measure of a belief's truth.",
    "Those in error may receive an extended span before encountering the promised consequence. Delay is not equated with vindication. The verse returns the question of strength and position to an outcome that present social comparisons cannot finally determine.",
    "Guidance grows for those who follow it, while enduring good deeds are better in reward and outcome. The contrast shifts attention away from displays of status. What lasts morally is made more significant than the outward advantages the opponents have been celebrating.",
    "A person who rejects the signs nevertheless promises himself wealth and children. The claim assumes a favorable future without an adequate basis. The following question exposes the difference between hope and pretending to possess certainty about what remains unseen.",
    "The boast is tested by asking whether its speaker has inspected the unseen or received a covenant from the Merciful. Confidence alone establishes neither. The verse invites readers to examine the source of assurances that sound certain but exceed what they can know.",
    "The claim is denied, and what the person says is entered into the account. Speech has consequences rather than evaporating after its performance. The warning connects careless certainty with responsibility, asking the hearer to consider the moral weight of assertions about the future.",
    "The person comes alone, while the wealth and children about which he boasted remain within God's ownership. The scene exposes the limit of possession as protection. A future account cannot be secured by confidently naming the worldly advantages one expects to obtain.",
    "The people adopt other gods in the hope of gaining power through them. The verse examines the purpose behind the allegiance. Worship is being used as a strategy for security, and the following reversal will test whether that expected support exists.",
    "The beings or objects relied upon will reject that worship and turn against their worshippers. The promised source of strength becomes an accusation. The scene reveals the fragility of a relationship built on powers its adherents have projected onto the other party.",
    "The verse describes devils stirring those who reject the message toward further confusion and provocation. The account concerns a destructive direction of influence. It does not give readers a visible anatomy of unseen beings or a basis for diagnosing every personal difficulty as demonic.",
    "The Prophet is told not to hasten against the opponents; their time is counted. The assurance limits the pressure to force an immediate outcome. The warning remains serious, but its timing belongs within knowledge and authority beyond the messenger's control.",
    "The reverent are gathered to the Merciful as an honored company. The description gives the final return a welcoming aspect alongside the warnings. Their reception rests on divine care rather than the impressive worldly assemblies invoked by the opponents earlier in the chapter.",
    "The contrasting company is driven toward punishment in a condition of need and exhaustion. The image makes the difference in outcomes vivid. It belongs to the final scene and is not a mandate for people to degrade or mistreat others now.",
    "The verse places intercession within a covenant with the Lord. It rejects the assumption that useful connections can operate independently of God. The account asks the reader to seek a sound relation with the Merciful rather than rely on imagined spiritual patronage.",
    "The chapter returns to the assertion that the Merciful has a son. This resumes the theological issue raised after Jesus' speech. The repetition shows that honoring an extraordinary messenger and defining God's relation to creation must not be confused.",
    "The assertion is described as grave and shocking. The short verse emphasizes the weight of what is being said about God. It prepares imagery on a cosmic scale, directing attention to the theological claim rather than inviting hostility toward people who hold another belief.",
    "Heaven, earth, and mountains are imagined on the edge of rupture at the claim being made. The immense imagery conveys the seriousness of the preceding rebuke. It is not a prediction that an identifiable present earthquake will punish a particular religious community.",
    "The reason is stated directly: offspring has been attributed to the Merciful. The verse keeps the argument focused on that claim. Its place within the chapter follows repeated affirmations of divine mercy, creative power, and the honored but dependent status of messengers.",
    "It is declared unfitting for the Merciful to take a son. The statement preserves the distinction between Creator and creation. The chapter's earlier miraculous births do not qualify that boundary; they are presented as signs of power, not divine reproduction.",
    "All in heaven and earth approach the Merciful as servants. The affirmation makes dependence universal, including the most honored figures. It concludes the argument against divine offspring by placing every created being within one relation to the Creator.",
    "God knows and counts them all with complete precision. No creature becomes invisible within the vastness of creation. The statement supports both accountability and assurance: the final gathering does not depend on incomplete records, public status, or another person's recognition.",
    "The universal gathering includes an individual encounter for every person. Company, lineage, and worldly advantage cannot replace that personal responsibility. The verse draws the chapter's family and community stories toward the account each life must ultimately face on its own.",
    "For those who believe and do good, the Merciful appoints love. The promise offers a warm conclusion after the severe theological warnings. Faith and conduct remain joined, while the outcome is described through a gift of affection rather than domination.",
    "The scripture is made accessible in the Prophet's language for announcing good news and warning stubborn opponents. Its purpose is communication that reaches people. The verse gathers the chapter's tenderness and severity within a message meant to be heard and understood.",
    "The chapter ends by asking whether earlier destroyed generations can still be seen or heard. Their absence challenges confidence in worldly permanence. The final quiet image invites present listeners to respond while they still possess the opportunity to speak, hear, and act."
  ],
  "translationNote": "English translation: Sahih International, via AlQuran Cloud. Original source wording is preserved.",
  "glossNote": "Word meanings follow the Quranic Arabic Corpus. Repeated phrase glosses are divided into individual word senses to match the displayed Arabic; every adjustment is recorded in the source audit. These short hints complement, rather than replace, the complete verse translation."
}