THE STORY OF MARYAM'S BIRTH PART 5

The Supplication of Zakariyya 'Alyhis Salaam, and the Good News of Yahya's Birth

 

Allah tells; 

 

هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُ قَالَ 

At that time Zakariyya invoked his Lord, saying:

 

When Zakariyya saw that Allah provided sustenance for Maryam by giving her the fruits of winter in summer and the fruits of summer in winter, he was eager to have a child of his own.

By then, Zakariyya had become an old man, his bones feeble and his head full of gray hair. His wife was an old women who was barren. Yet, he still supplicated to Allah and called Him in secret,

  

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنْكَ 

O my Lord! Grant me from Ladunka, (from You),

  

ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً 

A good offspring,

 

meaning, a righteous offspring,

إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاء 

You are indeed the All-Hearer of invocation.

 

Allah said

فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَليِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَايِمٌ يُصَلِّي فِي الْمِحْرَابِ 

Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in the Mihrab,

 

meaning, the angels spoke to him directly while he was secluded, standing in prayer at his place of worship.

 

Allah told us about the good news that the angels delivered to Zakariyya,

  

أَنَّ اللّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَـى 

Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya,

 

of a child from your offspring, his name is Yahya.

 

Qatadah and other scholars said that;

 

he was called Yahya (literally, he lives') because Allah filled his life with faith.

 

Allah said next,

  

مُصَدِّقًا بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنَ اللّهِ 

believing in the Word from Allah.

 

Al-Awfi reported that Ibn Abbas said, and several others said that the Ayah,  

مُصَدِّقًا بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنَ اللّهِ 

 (believing in the Word from Allah) means,

 

"Believing in Isa, son of Maryam."

To be Continued إن شاء الله

Taken from Tafseer Ibn Katheer of Surah Aal Imraan

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