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The Quran Verse
Surah 3:41:
He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He Said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt in the evening and the morning."
The Relevant Source Text (The Bible)
Luke 1:20:
And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.
The Quran alters the biblical history, changing Zechariah's nine months of punitive silence (for disbelief) into a mere three-day silence.