19. Merjem · verses 28–31

يَٰٓأُخۡتَ هَٰرُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ ٱمۡرَأَ سَوۡءٖ وَمَا كَانَتۡ أُمُّكِ بَغِيّٗا

Ya okhta haroona ma kana abooki imraa sawin wama kanat ommuki baghiyyan

"O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"

فَأَشَارَتۡ إِلَيۡهِۖ قَالُواْ كَيۡفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِي ٱلۡمَهۡدِ صَبِيّٗا

Faasharat ilayhi qaloo kayfa nukallimu man kana fee almahdi sabiyyan

But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"

قَالَ إِنِّي عَبۡدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِيَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيّٗا

Qala innee AAabdu Allahi ataniya alkitaba wajaAAalanee nabiyyan

He said: "I am indeed a servant of Allah: He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet;

وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوۡصَٰنِي بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ مَا دُمۡتُ حَيّٗا

WajaAAalanee mubarakan ayna ma kuntu waawsanee bialssalati waalzzakati ma dumtu hayyan

"And He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live;