Yahya and Isa
A comparison of Yahya and Isa's narrations shows how similar their narration is.
Yahya account
Father (Zakeriya)
"How can I have a boy"
19:08 He said, "My Lord! How can I have a boy, while is my wife barren, and indeed, I have reached of the old age extreme?"
Isa account
Mother (Mariyam)
"How can be for me a son"
19:20 She said, "How can be for me a son, when not has touched me a man, and not I am unchaste?"
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Yahya account
"It (is) easy for Me"
19:09 He said, "Thus, said your Lord, 'It (is) easy for Me and certainly I (have) created you before, while not you were anything."
Isa account
"It (is) for Me easy"
19:21 He said, "Thus; said your Lord, 'It (is) for Me easy, and so that We will make him a sign for the mankind and a Mercy from Us. And (it) is a matter decreed.'
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Yahya account
Not you will Speak
19:10 He said, "My Lord! Make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign (is) that not you will speak (to) the people, (for) three nights sound."
Isa account
"Not I will Speak"
19:26 So eat and drink and cool (your) eyes. And if you see from human being anyone then say, "Indeed, I [I] have vowed to the Most Gracious a fast, so not I will speak today (to any) human being."
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Yahya account
"Then he came out to his people"
19:11 Then he came out to his people from the prayer chamber, and he signaled to them to glorify (Allah) (in) the morning and (in) the evening.
Isa account
"Then she came with him (to) her people"
19:27 Then she came with him (to) her people, carrying him. They said, "O Maryam! Certainly, you (have) brought an amazing thing..
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Yahya account
And We gave him [the] wisdom (when he was) a child
19:12 O Yahya! Hold the Scripture with strength. And We gave him [the] wisdom (when he was) a child
Isa account
"..speak (to one) who is in the cradle, a child?"
19:29 Then she pointed to him. They said, "How (can) we speak (to one) who is in the cradle, a child?"
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Yahya account
Affection from Us
19:13 And affection from Us and purity and he was consciously reverent
Isa account
"blessed wherever I am"
19:31 And He (has) made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined (on) me [of] the prayer and zakah, as long as I am alive
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Yahya account
"And dutiful to his parents"
19:14 And dutiful to his parents, and not he was a tyrant disobedient.
Isa account
"And dutiful to my mother"
19:32 And dutiful to my mother, and not He (has) made me insolent, unblessed.
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Yahya account
Nearly the exact same
19:15 And peace be upon him (the) day he was born and (the) day he dies and (the) day he will be raised alive
Isa account
Nearly the exact same
19:33 And peace (be) on me (the) day I was born and (the) day I will die and (the) Day I will be raised alive."
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Yahya account
"..mention in the Book Maryam"
19:16 And mention in the Book Maryam, when she withdrew from her family (to) a place eastern.
Isa account
"That (was) Isa, (the) son (of) Maryam"
19:34 That (was) Isa, (the) son (of) Maryam, a statement (of) truth that which about it they dispute.
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There is a jump in the passage.
19:17-19 was missed.
However, 19:17-19 is linked to 19:22-25 but it is not the account of Yahya and Isa but Mariyam and Isa's journey.
That is why in the bottom picture, it is a different column (on the right).
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Mariyam account
"she took from them a screen"
19:17 Then she took from them a screen. Then We sent to her Our Spirit then he assumed for her the like (of) a man well-proportioned.
Mariyam account
"withdrew with him (to) a place remote."
19:22 So she conceived and she withdrew with him (to) a place remote.
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Mariyam account
Pregnancy begins
19:18 She said, "Indeed, I [I] seek refuge with the Most Gracious from you if you are consciously reverent."
Mariyam account
Pregnancy ends
19:23 Then drove her the pains of childbirth to (the) trunk (of) the date-palm. She said, "O! I wish I (had) died before this and I was (in) oblivion, forgotten."
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Mariyam account
"Angel said" (son - pure)
19:19 He said, "Only I am a Messenger (from) your Lord, that I (may) bestow on you a son pure."
Mariyam account
"from beneath her" (stream - purity)
19:24 So cried to her from beneath her, "That (do) not grieve verily, (has) placed your Lord beneath you, a stream.
