مريم
Mary
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi ib'rāhīma innahu kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyan
And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.
idh qāla li-abīhi yāabati lima taʿbudu mā lā yasmaʿu walā yub'ṣiru walā yugh'nī ʿanka shayan
[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?
yāabati innī qad jāanī mina l-ʿil'mi mā lam yatika fa-ittabiʿ'nī ahdika ṣirāṭan sawiyyan
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.
yāabati lā taʿbudi l-shayṭāna inna l-shayṭāna kāna lilrraḥmāni ʿaṣiyyan
O my father, do not worship [i.e., obey] Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.
yāabati innī akhāfu an yamassaka ʿadhābun mina l-raḥmāni fatakūna lilshayṭāni waliyyan
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]."
qāla arāghibun anta ʿan ālihatī yāib'rāhīmu la-in lam tantahi la-arjumannaka wa-uh'jur'nī maliyyan
[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."
qāla salāmun ʿalayka sa-astaghfiru laka rabbī innahu kāna bī ḥafiyyan
[Abraham] said, "Peace [i.e., safety] will be upon you. I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me.
wa-aʿtazilukum wamā tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi wa-adʿū rabbī ʿasā allā akūna biduʿāi rabbī shaqiyyan
And I will leave you and those you invoke other than Allāh and will invoke my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy [i.e., disappointed]."
falammā iʿ'tazalahum wamā yaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi wahabnā lahu is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba wakullan jaʿalnā nabiyyan
So when he had left them and those they worshipped other than Allāh, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each [of them] We made a prophet.
wawahabnā lahum min raḥmatinā wajaʿalnā lahum lisāna ṣid'qin ʿaliyyan
And We gave them of Our mercy, and We made for them a mention [i.e., reputation] of high honor.
wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi mūsā innahu kāna mukh'laṣan wakāna rasūlan nabiyyan
And mention in the Book, Moses. Indeed, he was chosen, and he was a messenger and a prophet.
wanādaynāhu min jānibi l-ṭūri l-aymani waqarrabnāhu najiyyan
And We called him from the side of the mount at [his] right and brought him near, confiding [to him].
wawahabnā lahu min raḥmatinā akhāhu hārūna nabiyyan
And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron as a prophet.
wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi is'māʿīla innahu kāna ṣādiqa l-waʿdi wakāna rasūlan nabiyyan
And mention in the Book, Ishmael. Indeed, he was true to his promise, and he was a messenger and a prophet.
wakāna yamuru ahlahu bil-ṣalati wal-zakati wakāna ʿinda rabbihi marḍiyyan
And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakāh and was to his Lord pleasing [i.e., accepted by Him].
wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi id'rīsa innahu kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyan
And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.
warafaʿnāhu makānan ʿaliyyan
And We raised him to a high station.
ulāika alladhīna anʿama l-lahu ʿalayhim mina l-nabiyīna min dhurriyyati ādama wamimman ḥamalnā maʿa nūḥin wamin dhurriyyati ib'rāhīma wa-is'rāīla wamimman hadaynā wa-ij'tabaynā idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātu l-raḥmāni kharrū sujjadan wabukiyyan
Those were the ones upon whom Allāh 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 [i.e., Jacob], 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.
fakhalafa min baʿdihim khalfun aḍāʿū l-ṣalata wa-ittabaʿū l-shahawāti fasawfa yalqawna ghayyan
But there came after them successors [i.e., later generations] who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -
illā man tāba waāmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-ulāika yadkhulūna l-janata walā yuẓ'lamūna shayan
Except those who repent, believe and do righteousness; for those will enter Paradise and will not be wronged at all.