"Kaf, Ha, Ya, 'Ayn, Sad."

"When he called to his Lord a private supplication."

"And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir"

"[He was told], "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name.""

"[An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.' ""

"[This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah"

"He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy."

"Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You].""

"He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?""

"[Zechariah] said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights, [being] sound.""