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قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ لِّيْٓ اٰيَةً ۗ قَالَ اٰيَتُكَ اَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلٰثَةَ اَيَّامٍ اِلَّا رَمْزًا ۗ وَاذْكُرْ رَّبَّكَ كَثِيْرًا وَّسَبِّحْ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْاِبْكَارِ ࣖ  ( آل عمران: ٤١ )

qāla
قَالَ
He said
rabbi
رَبِّ
"My Lord
ij'ʿal
ٱجْعَل
make
لِّىٓ
for me
āyatan
ءَايَةًۖ
a sign"
qāla
قَالَ
He said
āyatuka
ءَايَتُكَ
your sign
allā
أَلَّا
(is) that not
tukallima
تُكَلِّمَ
you will speak
l-nāsa
ٱلنَّاسَ
(to) the people
thalāthata
ثَلَٰثَةَ
(for) three
ayyāmin
أَيَّامٍ
days
illā
إِلَّا
except
ramzan
رَمْزًاۗ
(with) gestures
wa-udh'kur
وَٱذْكُر
And remember
rabbaka
رَّبَّكَ
your Lord
kathīran
كَثِيرًا
much
wasabbiḥ
وَسَبِّحْ
and glorify (Him)
bil-ʿashiyi
بِٱلْعَشِىِّ
in the evening
wal-ib'kāri
وَٱلْإِبْكَٰرِ
and (in) the morning"

Qaala Rabbij 'al leee Aayatan qaala Aaayatuka allaa tukalliman naasa salaasata ayyaamin illa ramzaa; wzkur Rabbaka kaseeranw wa sabbih bil'ashiyyi wal ibkaar (ʾĀl ʿImrān 3:41)

Sahih International:

He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt [Him with praise] in the evening and the morning." (Ali 'Imran [3] : 41)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

He said: “O my Lord, set for me a sign.” Said He: “Your sign is that you shall not be able to speak to people for three days except through gestures. Remember your Lord much; and proclaim His purity in the evening and the morning.”