In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
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YUSUFALI: 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.
PICKTHAL: Then he came forth unto his people from the sanctuary, and signified to them: Glorify your Lord at break of day and fall of night.
SHAKIR: So he went forth to his people from his place of worship, then he made known to them that they should glorify (Allah) morning and evening.
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YUSUFALI: (To his son came the command): "O Yahya! take hold of the Book with might": and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth,
PICKTHAL: (And it was said unto his son): O John! Hold fast the Scripture. And we gave him wisdom when a child,
SHAKIR: O Yahya! take hold of the Book with strength, and We granted him wisdom while yet a child
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YUSUFALI: And piety (for all creatures) as from Us, and purity: He was devout,
PICKTHAL: And compassion from Our presence, and purity; and he was devout,
SHAKIR: And tenderness from Us and purity, and he was one who guarded (against evil),
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YUSUFALI: And kind to his parents, and he was not overbearing or rebellious.
PICKTHAL: And dutiful toward his parents. And he was not arrogant, rebellious.
SHAKIR: And dutiful to his parents, and he was not insolent, disobedient.
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YUSUFALI: 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)!
PICKTHAL: Peace on him the day he was born, and the day he dieth and the day he shall be raised alive!
SHAKIR: And peace on him on the day he was born, and on the day he dies, and on the day he is raised to life
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YUSUFALI: Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East.
PICKTHAL: And make mention of Mary in the Scripture, when she had withdrawn from her people to a chamber looking East,
SHAKIR: And mention Marium in the Book when she drew aside from her family to an eastern place;
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YUSUFALI: 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.
PICKTHAL: And had chosen seclusion from them. Then We sent unto her Our Spirit and it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man.
SHAKIR: So she took a veil (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her Our spirit, and there appeared to her a well-made man.
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YUSUFALI: She said: "I seek refuge from thee to (Allah) Most Gracious: (come not near) if thou dost fear Allah."
PICKTHAL: She said: Lo! I seek refuge in the Beneficent One from thee, if thou art Allah-fearing.
SHAKIR: She said: Surely I fly for refuge from you to the Beneficent Allah, if you are one guarding (against evil).
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YUSUFALI: He said: "Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to announce) to thee the gift of a holy son.
PICKTHAL: He said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless son.
SHAKIR: He said: I am only a messenger of your Lord: That I will give you a pure boy.
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YUSUFALI: She said: "How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?"
PICKTHAL: She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste?
SHAKIR: She said: When shall I have a boy and no mortal has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste?