019.008 Y: He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren and I have grown quite decrepit from old age?"
P: He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached infirm old age?
S: He said: O my Lord! when shall I have a son, and my wife is barren, and I myself have reached indeed the extreme degree of old age?
019.009 Y: He said: "So (it will be) thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: I did indeed create thee before, when thou hadst been nothing!'"
P: He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me, even as
I created thee before, when thou wast naught.
S: He said: So shall it be, your Lord says: It is easy to Me, and indeed
I created you before, when you were nothing.
019.010 Y: (Zakariya) said: "O my Lord! give me a Sign." "Thy Sign," was the answer, "Shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three nights, although thou art not dumb."
P: He said: My Lord! Appoint for me some token. He said: Thy token is that thou, with no bodily defect, shalt not speak unto mankind three nights.
S: He said: My Lord! give me a sign. He said: Your sign is that you will not be able to speak to the people three nights while in sound health.
019.011 Y: So Zakariya came out to his people from him chamber: He told them by signs to celebrate Allah's praises in the morning and in the evening.