12 Preface يا يَحيىٰ خُذِ الكِتابَ بِقُوَّةٍ ۖ وَآتَيناهُ الحُكمَ صَبِيًّاYusuf Ali(To his son came the command):1 “O Yahya! take hold of the Book with might”: and We gave him Wisdom2 even as a youth,Time passes. The son is born. In this section of the Sūra the centre of interest is Yahya, and the Instruction is now given to him. 'Keep fast hold of God’s revelation with all your might': for an unbelieving world had either corrupted or neglected it, and Yahya (John the Baptist) was to prepare the way for Jesus, who was coming to renew and re-interpret it.Hukm, translated Wisdom, implies something more than Wisdom; it is the Wisdom or Judgment that is entitled to judge and command, as in the matter of denouncing sin.