Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[And when the son was born and grew up, he was told,] "O John! Hold fast unto the divine writ with [all thy] strength!" - for We granted him wisdom "while he was yet a little boy
Arthur John Arberry
'O John, take the Book forcefully'; and We gave him judgment, yet a little child
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(To his son came the command): "O Yahya! take hold of the Book with might": and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth
Arabic
یَـٰیَحۡیَىٰ خُذِ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ بِقُوَّةࣲۖ وَءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُ ٱلۡحُكۡمَ صَبِیࣰّا ١٢
Transliteration (2021)
yāyaḥyā khudhi l-kitāba biquwwatin waātaynāhu l-ḥuk'ma ṣabiyya