[Zachariah] exclaimed: "O my Sustainer! How can I have a son when old age has already overtaken me, and my wife is barren?" Answered [the angel]: "Thus it is: God does what He wills."
 - Mohammad Asad
Mohammad Asad
He said: "O my Rabb! How can I have a son now that I have reached an old age and my wife is barren?" "Such is the will of Allah" he replied, " Allah does what He wants."
 - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik Zachariah exclaimed, 'My Lord! How can I have a son when I am very old and my wife is barren?' He replied, 'So will it be. Allah does what He wills.'
 - Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa Khattab
He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when age hath overtaken me already and my wife is barren? (The angel) answered: So (it will be). Allah doeth what He will.
 - Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall He said: "O my Lord! how shall I have a son seeing I am very old and my wife is barren?" "Thus" was the answer "doth Allah accomplish what He willeth."
 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali