فَكُلِى So eat fakulī and drink wa-ish'rabī and cool waqarrī (your) eyes ʿaynan And if fa-immā you see tarayinna from mina human being l-bashari anyone aḥadan then say faqūlī Indeed, I innī [I] have vowed nadhartu to the Most Gracious lilrraḥmāni a fast ṣawman so not falan I will speak ukallima today l-yawma (to any) human being insiyyan
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.'"
فَأَتَتْ Then she came fa-atat with him bihi (to) her people qawmahā carrying him taḥmiluhu They said qālū O Maryam yāmaryamu Certainly laqad you (have) brought ji'ti an amazing thing shayan an amazing thing fariyyan
Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.
يَـٰٓأُخْتَ O sister yāukh'ta (of) Harun hārūna Not mā was kāna your father abūki an evil man im'ra-a an evil man sawin and not wamā was kānat your mother ummuki unchaste baghiyyan
O sister [i.e., descendant] of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."
فَأَشَارَتْ Then she pointed fa-ashārat to him ilayhi They said qālū How kayfa (can) we speak nukallimu (to one) who man is kāna in fī the cradle l-mahdi a child ṣabiyyan
So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"
قَالَ He said qāla Indeed, I am innī a slave ʿabdu (of) Allah l-lahi He gave me ātāniya the Scripture l-kitāba and made me wajaʿalanī a Prophet nabiyyan
[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allāh. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet.
وَجَعَلَنِى And He (has) made me wajaʿalanī blessed mubārakan wherever ayna wherever mā I am kuntu and has enjoined (on) me wa-awṣānī [of] the prayer bil-ṣalati and zakah wal-zakati as long as I am mā as long as I am dum'tu alive ḥayyan
And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakāh as long as I remain alive
وَبَرًّۢا And dutiful wabarran to my mother biwālidatī and not walam He (has) made me yajʿalnī insolent jabbāran unblessed shaqiyyan
And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant.
وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ And peace (be) wal-salāmu on me ʿalayya (the) day yawma I was born wulidttu and (the) day wayawma I will die amūtu and (the) Day wayawma I will be raised ub'ʿathu alive ḥayyan
And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive."
ذَٰلِكَ That dhālika (was) Isa ʿīsā (the) son ub'nu (of) Maryam maryama a statement qawla (of) truth l-ḥaqi that which alladhī about it fīhi they dispute yamtarūna
That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute.
مَا Not mā (it) is kāna for Allah lillahi that an He should take yattakhidha any son min any son waladin Glory be to Him sub'ḥānahu When idhā He decrees qaḍā a matter amran then only fa-innamā He says yaqūlu to it lahu Be kun and it is fayakūnu
It is not [befitting] for Allāh to take a son; exalted is He!1 When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.
وَإِنَّ And indeed wa-inna Allah l-laha (is) my Lord rabbī and your Lord warabbukum so worship Him fa-uʿ'budūhu This hādhā (is) a path ṣirāṭun straight mus'taqīmun
[Jesus said], "And indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path."
فَٱخْتَلَفَ But differed fa-ikh'talafa the sects l-aḥzābu from among them min from among them baynihim so woe fawaylun to those who lilladhīna disbelieve kafarū from min (the) witnessing mashhadi (of) a Day yawmin great ʿaẓīmin
Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day.
أَسْمِعْ How they will hear asmiʿ How they will hear bihim and how (they will) see wa-abṣir (the) Day yawma they will come to Us yatūnanā but lākini the wrongdoers l-ẓālimūna today l-yawma (are) in fī error ḍalālin clear mubīnin
How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.