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Muhammad Asad   
AN ACCOUNT of the grace which thy Sustainer bestowed upon His servant Zachariah
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹This is˺ a reminder of your Lord’s mercy to His servant Zachariah,
Safi Kaskas   
Recount your Lord’s mercy on His servant Zechariah

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Arabic   
ذِكۡرُ رَحۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبۡدَهُۥ زَكَرِیَّاۤ ۝٢
Transliteration (2021)   
dhik'ru raḥmati rabbika ʿabdahu zakariyy
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
(A) mention (of the) Mercy (of) your Lord (to) His servant Zakariya

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
AN ACCOUNT of the grace which thy Sustainer bestowed upon His servant Zachariah
M. M. Pickthall   
A mention of the mercy of thy Lord unto His servant Zachariah
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
(This is) a recital of the Mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zakariya
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹This is˺ a reminder of your Lord’s mercy to His servant Zachariah,
Safi Kaskas   
Recount your Lord’s mercy on His servant Zechariah
Wahiduddin Khan   
This is an account of your Lords mercy bestowed upon His servant Zachariah
Shakir   
A mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zakariya
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
A remembrance of the mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zechariah
T.B.Irving   
[This is] a Reminder of your Lord´s mercy towards his servant Zachariah
Abdul Hye   
(This is) a mention of the Mercy of your Lord to His servant Zachariah,
The Study Quran   
A reminder of the Mercy of thy Lord unto His servant, Zachariah
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
This is a mention of your Lord’s mercy towards His servant Zechariah.
Talal Itani (2012)   
A mention of the mercy of your Lord towards His servant Zechariah
Dr. Kamal Omar   
(This is) a resume of the Mercy of your Nourisher-Sustainer: His Abd Zakariyya —
M. Farook Malik   
This is a reminder of blessings that your Lord bestowed on His servant Zakariya
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
(This is) the mention of your Lord's mercy to His bondman Zakariyya (Zechariah
Muhammad Sarwar   
This is the story of the blessing of your Lord to His servant Zachariah
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
This is a narration of your Lord‘s mercy to His servant Zakariyya
Shabbir Ahmed   
Relates to you a mercy of your Sustainer unto His servant Zachariah
Dr. Munir Munshey   
This is the account of the blessings of your Lord upon Zakaria, His servant
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
(This is) a statement of Mercy from your Lord to His servant Zakariyya (Zachariah)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
[This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zecharia
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
A reminder of your Lord's mercy to His servant Zachariah
Abdel Haleem   
This is an account of your Lord’s grace towards His servant, Zachariah
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Mention of the mercy of thy Lord to His bondman Zakariyya
Ahmed Ali   
Commemorate the beneficence of your Lord on Zachariah, His devotee
Aisha Bewley   
Remembering your Lord´s mercy to His slave Zakariyya,
Ali Ünal   
A mention of your Lord’s mercy to His servant Zachariah
Ali Quli Qara'i   
[This is] an account of your Lord’s mercy on His servant, Zechariah
Hamid S. Aziz   
A mention of your Lord´s mercy to His servant Zachariah
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
(This is) a mention of your Lord’s mercy to His servant Zachariah.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
This is a recital of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah
Musharraf Hussain   
This is an account of your Lord’s compassion for Zakariyya, His servant
Maududi   
This is an account of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zecharia
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
A reminder of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zachariah
Mohammad Shafi   
This is a narration of the mercy of your Lord on His devotee Zachariah

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
This is the record of that mercy of your Lord, which He showed to His bondman Zakaria.
Rashad Khalifa   
A narration about your Lord's mercy towards His servant Zachariah.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
A mention of the Mercy of your Lord to his worshiper Zachariah
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
A mention of the mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zacharias -
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Your Lord's mercy mention (on) His worshipper/slave Zachary/Zacharias
Bijan Moeinian   
Here is how your Lord showered his mercy upon his servant Zechariah
Faridul Haque   
This is the remembrance of the mercy of your Lord upon His bondman Zakaria
Sher Ali   
This is an account of the mercy of thy Lord shown to HIS servant Zachariah
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
This is an account of the mercy of your Lord (bestowed) upon His (chosen) servant Zakariyya (Zacharias)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
(This is) an account of the mercy of your Lord (shown) to His servant Zachariah
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
(This is) a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His slave Zakariya (Zachariah)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
The mention of thy Lord's mercy unto His servant Zachariah
George Sale   
A commemoration of the mercy of thy Lord towards his servant Zacharias when he called upon his Lord, invoking him in secret
Edward Henry Palmer   
The mention of thy Lord's mercy to His servant Zachariah
John Medows Rodwell   
A recital of thy Lord's mercy to his servant Zachariah
N J Dawood (2014)   
Remembering your Lord‘s goodness to his servant Zacharias

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Mercy of your Lord remembering His slave Zachariah.
Munir Mezyed   
(This is) a mention of the Mercy of your Lord to His servant Zachariah:
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
A mention of the mercy of your Lord upon His servant Zakariya (Zacharias).
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Remember the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
A reminder of yoursg Lord's mercy towards His servant Zechariah,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
[This is] a Reminder of your Lord's mercy towards his servant Zachariah
Samy Mahdy   
2. Mentioned Your Lord’s mercy, His slave Zechariah.
Sayyid Qutb   
This is an account of the grace which your Lord bestowed on His servant Zachariah:
Ahmed Hulusi   
Remember (dhikr) the grace of your Rabb to His servant Zechariah.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
(This is) a mention of the mercy of your Lord unto His servant Zechariah
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
This O Muhammad is an oration relative to the particular occasion when Allah your Creator, extended His mercy to His servant Zakariya (Zachariah
Mir Aneesuddin   
A mention of the mercy of your Fosterer on His servant Zakariyya,
The Wise Quran   
A mention of your Lord's mercy to His servant Zachariah,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
(This is) a recital of the Mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zakariya
OLD Literal Word for Word   
(A) mention (of the) Mercy (of) your Lord (to) His servant Zakariy
OLD Transliteration   
Thikru rahmati rabbika AAabdahu zakariyya