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21. Surah • 90. Verse
Word Analysis
لَهُۥ
lahu
to him
لَهُۥ
lahu
on him
يَحْيَىٰ
yaḥyā
Yahya
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed, they
فِى
fī
in
لَنَا
lanā
to Us
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
We responded to him and granted him John; we fixed his wife for him. That is because they used to hasten to work righteousness, and implored us in situations of joy, as well as fear. To us, they were reverent.,
The Monotheist Group
The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
So We responded to him, and We granted him John, and We cured his wife. They used to hasten to do good, and they would call to Us in joy and in fear. And of Us they were reverent.
Edip-Layth
Quran: A Reformist Translation
So We responded to him, and We granted him John, and We cured his wife. They used to hasten to do good, and they would call to Us in joy and in fear. To Us they were reverent.
Taqi Usmani
Holy Quran Translation
So, We responded to him and gave him YaHyā and made his wife good for him. They used to race towards the good deeds and call Us with hope and fear; and they were humble to Us.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Holy Quran Translation
So We listened to him: and We granted him Yahya: We cured his wife's (Barrenness) for him. These (three) were ever quick in emulation in good works; they used to call on Us with love and reverence, and humble themselves before Us.
Abul A'la Maududi
Tafhim commentary
So We accepted his prayer and bestowed upon him John, and We made his wife fit[1] (to bear a child). Verily they hastened in doing good works and called upon Us with longing and fear, and humbled themselves to Us.[2]
2
It will be worthwhile to reiterate the reasons why the stories of the Prophets have been cited in this Surah.
1
"Cured his wife": We cured his wife of sterility. As “You are the best of the Inheritors”, I shall have no grief even if You do not give me any child. (For further details, please see (Surah Aal-Imran, Ayats 37-41) and(Surah Maryam, Ayats 2-14) and the E.Ns thereof).
Mustafa Khattab
The Clear Quran
So We answered his prayer, granted him John, and made his wife fertile. Indeed, they used to race in doing good, and call upon Us with hope and fear, totally humbling themselves before Us.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Holy Quran Translation
So We answered his call, and We bestowed upon him Yahyâ (John), and cured his wife (to bear a child) for him. Verily, they used to hasten on to do good deeds, and they used to call on Us with hope and fear, and used to humble themselves before Us.
Marmaduke Pickthall
Holy Quran Translation
Then We heard his prayer, and bestowed upon him John, and adjusted his wife (to bear a child) for him. Lo! they used to vie one with the other in good deeds, and they cried unto Us in longing and in fear, and were submissive unto Us.
Abdul Haleem
Holy Quran Translation
We answered him––We gave him John, and cured his wife of barrenness- they were always keen to do good deeds. They called upon Us out of longing and awe, and humbled themselves before Us.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Holy Quran Translation
So We heard his prayer and granted him (a son) John, and cured his wife (of sterility) making her fit (for bearing children) for him. They used to vie one with another in (doing) good deeds and call upon Us with (mixed feelings of) hope and fear, and they were humble before Us.
Hamid S. Aziz
Holy Quran Translation
And (remember) Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord, "O Lord! Leave me not without off-spring, though you are the best of inheritors. "
Arthur John Arberry
Holy Quran Translation
So We answered him, and bestowed on him John, and We set his wife right for him; truly they vied with one another, hastening to good works, and called upon Us out of yearning and awe; and they were humble to Us.
E. Henry Palmer
Holy Quran Translation
And we answered him, and bestowed upon him John; and we made his wife right for him; verily, these vied in good works, and called on us with longing and dread, and were humble before us.
George Sale
Holy Quran Translation
Wherefore We heard him, and We gave him John; and We rendered his wife fit for bearing a child unto him. These strove to excel in good works, and called upon us with love, and with fear; and humbled themselves before us.
Ali Quli Qarai
Holy Quran Translation
So We answered his prayer, and gave him John, and remedied his wife[’s infertility] for him. Indeed they were active in [performing] good works, and they would supplicate Us with eagerness and awe and were humble before Us.
Mahmoud Ghali
Holy Quran Translation
So We responded to him and bestowed on him Yahya, (John) and We set his (Zechariah's) spouse righteous for him; surely they used to vie swiftly (with one another) in charitable deeds and to invoke Us, being desirous of (reward) and in awe; and they were submissive to Us.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Holy Quran Translation
So We heard him and gave him John, and cured his wife (of barrenness). These were men who vied in good deeds with one another, and prayed to Us with love and awe, and were meek before Us.
Bijan Moeinian
Holy Quran Translation
So I answered his call and gave him John and healed his wife. They used to race with each other in doing good and call on Me with love and respect. they were submissive to their Lord.
Aisha Bewley
Holy Quran Translation
We responded to him and gave him Yahya, restoring for him his wife’s fertility. They outdid one another in good actions, calling out to Us in yearning and in awe, and humbling themselves to Us.
Abdel Khalek Himmat
Al- Muntakhab
We responded to him favourably and bestowed on him Yahya ( John), having rendered his wife fruitful. These were people who hastened to doing all that is good, useful, reliable for a purpose, efficient in function and in pursuit of faith, and they invoked Us expressing their due affectionate devotion keeping in awe of Us and hopeful of Our mercy, and they humbled themselves before Us and were indeed submissive to Us alone.
Shabbir Ahmed
Holy Quran Translation
And so We responded to him, and bestowed upon him Yahya, after making his wife fit to bear him a child. And verily, they (parents and son) used to race in doing good works, and remembered Us in situations of hope or fear. And they were always humble before Us.
Muhammad Asad
Holy Quran Translation
And so We responded unto him, and bestowed upon him the gift of John, having made his wife fit to bear him a child: [and,] verily, these [three] would vie with one another in doing good works, and would call unto Us in yearning and awe; and they were always humble before Us.
Progressive Muslims
Holy Quran Translation
So We responded to him, and We granted him John, and We cured his wife. They used to hasten to do good, and they would call to Us in joy and in fear. And to Us they were reverent.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Holy Quran Translation
So We listened to him: And We granted him Yahya (Baptist John): We cured his wife's (inability to bear children) for him. Verily, these (three) were quick to learn the good works: And they used to remember Us with love and respect, and to humble themselves before Us.
Sahih International
(Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
Sam Gerrans
The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
Then We answered him, and gave him John, and made right his wife for him. They competed in good deeds, and called to Us in hope and fear; and they were humble towards Us.