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10. Qala rabbi ijAAal lee ayatan qala ayatuka alla tukallima a
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nnasa thalatha layalin
sawiyya
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10. (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."
11. Fakharaja AAala qawmihi mina almihrabi faawha ilayhim an sabbihoo bukratan
waAAashiyya
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11. 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.
12. Ya yahya khuthi alkitaba biquwwatin waataynahu alhukma sabiyya
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12. (To his son came the command): "O Yahya! take hold of the Book with might": and
We gave him Wisdom even as a youth,
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