19. Merjem · verses 12–13

يَٰيَحۡيَىٰ خُذِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِقُوَّةٖۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلۡحُكۡمَ صَبِيّٗا

Ya yahya khuthi alkitaba biquwwatin waataynahu alhukma sabiyyan

(To his son came the command): "O Yahya! take hold of the Book with might": and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth,

وَحَنَانٗا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَزَكَوٰةٗۖ وَكَانَ تَقِيّٗا

Wahananan min ladunna wazakatan wakana taqiyyan

And piety (for all creatures) as from Us, and purity: He was devout,