قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌۭ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْـًۭٔا
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سُورَةُ مَرۡيَمَ
English — Sahih International
[An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.' "
اردو — مودودی
جواب ملا "ایسا ہی ہو گا تیرا رب فرماتا ہے کہ یہ تو میرے لیے ایک ذرا سی بات ہے، آخر اس سے پہلے میں تجھے پیدا کر چکا ہوں جب کہ تو کوئی چیز نہ تھا"
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
Tuhan berfirman: "Demikianlah". Tuhan berfirman: "Hal itu adalah mudah bagi-Ku; dan sesunguhnya telah Aku ciptakan kamu sebelum itu, padahal kamu (di waktu itu) belum ada sama sekali".
Ibn Kathir
His amazement after the acceptance of His Supplication
Zakariyya was amazed when his supplication was answered and he was given the good news of a son. He became extremely overjoyed and asked how this child would be born to him, and in what manner he would come. This was particularly amazing because his wife was an old woman who was barren and had not given birth to any children in her entire life. Even Zakariyya himself had become old and advanced in years, his bones had become feeble and thin, and he had no potent semen or vigor for sexual intercourse. The Answer of the Angel
قَالَ
(He said:) That is, the angel, in his response to Zakariyya and his was amazement.
كَذَلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ
("Thus says your Lord: `It is easy for Me..."') Meaning the birth of the son will be from you and from this wife of yours and not from any other (woman).
هَيِّنٌ
(easy) Meaning, it is simple and easy for Allah to do. Then he (the angel) mentioned to him that which is more amazing than what he was asking about. The angel said that the Lord said,
وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْئاً
(Certainly I have created you before, when you had been nothing!) This is similar to Allah's statement,
هَلْ أَتَى عَلَى الإِنسَـنِ حِينٌ مِّنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُن شَيْئاً مَّذْكُوراً
(Has there not been over man a period of time, when he was not a thing worth mentioning) 76:1
المُيَسَّر
قال المَلَك مجيبًا زكريا عمَّا تعجَّب منه: هكذا الأمر كما تقول مِن كون امرأتك عاقرًا، وبلوغك من الكبر عتيًا، ولكنَّ ربك قال: خَلْقُ يحيى على هذه الكيفية أمر سهل هيِّن عليَّ، ثم ذكر الله سبحانه لزكريا ما هو أعجب مما سأل عنه فقال: وقد خلقتك أنت من قبل يحيى، ولم تكُ شيئًا مذكورًا ولا موجودًا.