Page 305 of the mushaf

1. Kāf, Hā, Yā, ʿAyn, Ṣād.⁸⁰⁶

2. [This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah

3. When he called to his Lord a private call [i.e., supplication].

4. He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled⁸⁰⁷ with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., disappointed].

5. And indeed, I fear the successors⁸⁰⁸ after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

6. Who will inherit me⁸⁰⁹ and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]."

7. [He was told],⁸¹⁰ "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."

8. He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"

9. [An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.'"

10. [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."⁸¹¹

11. So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allāh] in the morning and afternoon.