٣ - آلِ عِمْرَان

3 - Al-Imran

اِنَّ اللہَ اصْطَفٰۗي اٰدَمَ وَنُوْحًا وَّاٰلَ اِبْرٰہِيْمَ وَاٰلَ عِمْرٰنَ عَلَي الْعٰلَمِيْنَ۝۳۳ۙ
Inna Allaha istafa adama wanoohan waala ibraheema waala AAimrana AAala alAAalameena

English

Ahmed Ali

God had chosen Adam and Noah and the families of Abraham and 'Imran in preference to others.

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ذُرِّيَّۃًۢ بَعْضُہَا مِنْۢ بَعْضٍ۝۰ۭ وَاللہُ سَمِيْعٌ عَلِيْمٌ۝۳۴ۚ
Thurriyyatan baAAduha min baAAdin waAllahu sameeAAun AAaleemun

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Ahmed Ali

They were descendants of one another; and God hears all and knows everything.

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اِذْ قَالَتِ امْرَاَتُ عِمْرٰنَ رَبِّ اِنِّىْ نَذَرْتُ لَكَ مَا فِيْ بَطْنِىْ مُحَرَّرًا فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنِّىْ۝۰ۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُ۝۳۵
Ith qalati imraatu AAimrana rabbi innee nathartu laka ma fee batnee muharraran fataqabbal minnee innaka anta alssameeAAu alAAaleemu

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Ahmed Ali

Remember, when the wife of 'Imran prayed: "O Lord, I offer what I carry in my womb in dedication to Your service, accept it, for You hear all and know everything."

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فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْہَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ اِنِّىْ وَضَعْتُہَاۗ اُنْثٰى۝۰ۭ وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ۝۰ۭ وَ لَيْسَ الذَّكَرُ كَالْاُنْثٰى۝۰ۚ وَاِنِّىْ سَمَّيْتُہَا مَرْيَمَ وَاِنِّىْۗ اُعِيْذُھَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّــتَہَا مِنَ الشَّيْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْمِ۝۳۶
Falamma wadaAAatha qalat rabbi innee wadaAAtuha ontha waAllahu aAAlamu bima wadaAAat walaysa alththakaru kaalontha wainnee sammaytuha maryama wainnee oAAeethuha bika wathurriyyataha mina alshshaytani alrrajeemi

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Ahmed Ali

And when she had given birth to the child, she said: "O Lord, I have delivered but a girl." -- But God knew better what she had delivered: A boy could not be as that girl was. "I have named her Mary," (she said), "and I give her into Your keeping. Preserve her and her children from Satan the ostracized."

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فَتَقَبَّلَہَا رَبُّہَا بِقَبُوْلٍ حَسَنٍ وَّاَنْۢبَتَہَا نَبَاتًا حَسَـنًا۝۰ۙ وَّكَفَّلَہَا زَكَرِيَّا۝۰ۭۚ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْہَا زَكَرِيَّا الْمِحْرَابَ۝۰ۙ وَجَدَ عِنْدَھَا رِزْقًا۝۰ۚ قَالَ يٰمَرْيَـمُ اَنّٰى لَكِ ھٰذَا۝۰ۭ قَالَتْ ھُوَمِنْ عِنْدِ اؘ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَّشَاۗءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ۝۳۷
Fataqabbalaha rabbuha biqaboolin hasanin waanbataha nabatan hasanan wakaffalaha zakariyya kullama dakhala AAalayha zakariyya almihraba wajada AAindaha rizqan qala ya maryamu anna laki hatha qalat huwa min AAindi Allahi inna Allaha yarzuqu man yashao bighayri hisabin

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Ahmed Ali

Her Lord accepted her graciously, and she grew up with excellence, and was given into the care of Zachariah. Whenever Zachariah came to see her in the chamber, he found her provided with food, and he asked: "Where has this come from, O Mary?" And she said: "From God who gives food in abundance to whomsoever He will."

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ھُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّہٗ۝۰ۚ قَالَ رَبِّ ھَبْ لِيْ مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ ذُرِّيَّۃً طَيِّبَۃً۝۰ۚ اِنَّكَ سَمِيْعُ الدُّعَاۗءِ۝۳۸
Hunalika daAAa zakariyya rabbahu qala rabbi hab lee min ladunka thurriyyatan tayyibatan innaka sameeAAu aldduAAai

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Ahmed Ali

Then prayed Zachariah to his Lord: "O Lord, bestow on me offspring, virtuous and good, for You answer all prayers."

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فَنَادَتْہُ الْمَلٰۗىِٕكَۃُ وَھُوَقَاۗىِٕمٌ يُّصَلِّيْ فِي الْمِحْرَابِ۝۰ۙ اَنَّ اللہَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيٰي مُصَدِّقًۢـا بِكَلِمَۃٍ مِّنَ اللہِ وَسَيِّدًا وَّحَصُوْرًا وَّنَبِيًّا مِّنَ الصّٰلِحِيْنَ۝۳۹
Fanadathu almalaikatu wahuwa qaimun yusallee fee almihrabi anna Allaha yubashshiruka biyahya musaddiqan bikalimatin mina Allahi wasayyidan wahasooran wanabiyyan mina alssaliheena

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Ahmed Ali

Then the angels said to him as he stood in the chamber at prayer: "God sends you good tidings of John who will confirm a thing from God and be noble, continent, and a prophet, and one of those who are upright and do good."

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قَالَ رَبِّ اَنّٰى يَكُوْنُ لِيْ غُلٰمٌ وَّقَدْ بَلَغَنِىَ الْكِبَرُ وَامْرَاَتِيْ عَاقِرٌ۝۰ۭ قَالَ كَذٰلِكَ اللہُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاۗءُ۝۴۰
Qala rabbi anna yakoonu lee ghulamun waqad balaghaniya alkibaru waimraatee AAaqirun qala kathalika Allahu yafAAalu ma yashao

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Ahmed Ali

"How can I have a son, O Lord," he said, "for I am old and my wife is barren?" "Thus," came the answer, "God does as He wills."

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قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ لِّيْۗ اٰيَۃً۝۰ۭ قَالَ اٰيَتُكَ اَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلٰــثَۃَ اَيَّامٍ اِلَّا رَمْزًا۝۰ۭ وَاذْكُرْ رَّبَّكَ كَثِيْرًا وَّسَبِّحْ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْاِبْكَارِ۝۴۱ۧ
Qala rabbi ijAAal lee ayatan qala ayatuka alla tukallima alnnasa thalathata ayyamin illa ramzan waothkur rabbaka katheeran wasabbih bialAAashiyyi waalibkari

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Ahmed Ali

And Zachariah said: "Give me a token, O Lord." "The token will be," was the reply, "that you will speak to no man for three days except by signs; and remember your Lord much, and pray at evening and sunrise."

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وَاِذْ قَالَتِ الْمَلٰۗىِٕكَۃُ يٰمَرْيَمُ اِنَّ اللہَ اصْطَفٰىكِ وَطَہَّرَكِ وَاصْطَفٰىكِ عَلٰي نِسَاۗءِ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ۝۴۲
Waith qalati almalaikatu ya maryamu inna Allaha istafaki watahharaki waistafaki AAala nisai alAAalameena

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Ahmed Ali

The angels said: "O Mary, indeed God has favoured you and made you immaculate, and chosen you from all the women of the world.

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