Surah Maryam, ayah 7
يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا
[He was told], "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."
Maryam · 19:7
Word by word
- يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآyāzakariyyāO Zakariya
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
- نُبَشِّرُكَnubashiruka[We] give you glad tidings
- بِغُلَـٰمٍbighulāminof a boy
- ٱسْمُهُۥus'muhuhis name
- يَحْيَىٰyaḥyā(will be) Yahya
- لَمْlamnot
- نَجْعَلnajʿalWe (have) assigned
- لَّهُۥlahu[for] it
- مِنminbefore
- قَبْلُqablubefore
- سَمِيًّۭاsamiyyan(this) name
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