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Prophet Zakariya
English Translation
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Zakariya was a prophet amongst Banu Israel and
was the father of Yahya. He
was responsible for the rituals of worship as
well as the upkeep of Bait-ul
Muqqadas. Fostering care of Maryam:
Maryam was a niece of his wife. The
mother of Maryam had dedicated her unborn child
to serve Bait-ul
Muqqadas. When
she gave birth to a daughter, she did not
retract from her vow of dedicating her child in
the service of Bait-ul
Muqqadas and
gave her to the foster care of her uncle,
Zakariya.
When she grew up, he started to take her along
to the great Mosque and taught her how to take
care of all the sacred objects and how to
conduct the rituals of worship. When
she grew older, he allotted her a room inside
the Mosque so that she could carry out her
duties independently, and at all times. The Birth of Yahya:
Zakariya had grown old and his wife was
infertile. Allah
revealed to him that
he would have a son very soon who would be a
great prophet and a leader. His
conduct would be exemplary to all mankind. There
had never been any one before him with the same
name, and that his name would be Yahya. He would
affirm the innocence of Maryam. Zakariya
was struck with amazement over the possibility
of having a child at his old age and through his
wife who had been infertile all her life. Allah
conveyed to him that there is nothing that is
impossible for Him to do. Allah
gave Zakariya His sign for the prophecy, that he
would be incapable of verbal communication with
any one for a period of three days. So
Zakariya was unable to talk for three days as
the angel of Allah had forewarned him. Soon
afterwards he had the son whom he named Yahya,
according to the Will of Allah.
He is known as Zacharia in the Torah.
References: al
Qur'an: Sura Ale Imran,
Anam, Maryam, Anmbiya'. |