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YUSUFALI : (To his son came the command): "O Yahya! take hold of the Book with might": and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth,

PICKTHAL : (And it was said unto his son): O John! Hold fast the Scripture. And we gave him wisdom when a child,

SHAKIR : O Yahya! take hold of the Book with strength, and We granted him wisdom while yet a child

M& HILALI : (It was said to his son): "O Yahya (John)! Hold fast the Scripture [the Taurat (Torah)]." And We gave him wisdom while yet a child.