Surah Al Imran Tafseer

The Supplication of Zakariyya, 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