Mary's sanctuary
Entrusted with Mary, each time he enters the sanctuary he finds provision with her, from Allah.
… كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا ٱلْمِحْرَابَ وَجَدَ عِندَهَا رِزْقًا …Zechariah
زكريا
Zechariah
He called upon his Lord in secret, his bones grown weak and his wife barren. Yahya was announced to him, and as a sign he spoke to people only by gesture for three days.
His story, step by step
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The secret prayer
Old, his bones weakened, his wife barren, he calls his Lord in a hushed voice to grant him an heir.
إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيًّا ٣ قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا ٤
The glad tidings of John
He is given glad tidings of a son, Yahya, a name no one had borne before.
يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا ٧
The sign
As a sign, he cannot speak to people for three nights though sound in health; he signals to them to glorify Allah morning and evening.
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةً ۚ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَـٰثَ لَيَالٍ سَوِيًّا ١٠
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His account in the Quran
by Mishary Al Afasi