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Surah Maryam — 19:7

يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا

Yaa Zakariyyaaa innaa nubashshiruka bighulaami nismuhoo Yahyaa lam naj'al lahoo min qablu samiyyaa

‘Zachariah, We bring you good news of a son whose name will be John––We have chosen this name for no one before him.’

Zakariya, we bring you good news of a son whose name will be Yahya — a name we have given to no one before him.

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