Al-Anbiya 21:90 فاستجبنا له ووهبنا له يحيى واصلحنا له زوجه انهم كانوا يسارعون في الخيرات ويدعوننا رغبا ورهبا وكانوا لنا خاشعين ٩٠
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا
لَهُۥ
وَوَهَبۡنَا
لَهُۥ
يَحۡيَىٰ
وَأَصۡلَحۡنَا
لَهُۥ
زَوۡجَهُۥٓۚ
إِنَّهُمۡ
كَانُواْ
يُسَٰرِعُونَ
فِي
ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ
وَيَدۡعُونَنَا
رَغَبٗا
وَرَهَبٗاۖ
وَكَانُواْ
لَنَا
خَٰشِعِينَ
٩٠
Then We heard his prayer, and bestowed upon him John, and adjusted his wife (to bear a child) for him. Lo! they used to vie one with the other in good deeds, and they cried unto Us in longing and in fear, and were submissive unto Us.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Zakariyya and Yahya
Allah tells us of His servant Zakariyya, who asked Allah to grant him a son who would be a Prophet after him. The story has already been given in detail at the beginning of Surah Maryam and also in Surah `Imran. Here an abbreviated version is given.
إِذْ نَادَى رَبَّهُ
(when he crie
…Zakariyya and Yahya
Allah tells us of His servant Zakariyya, who asked Allah to grant him a son who would be a Prophet after him. The story has already
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