Hadhrat Zakaria (a.s.)
and his son Yahya (a.s.)
The age of Hadhrat Zakaria (a.s.) was
ninety nine years and that of his wife eighty nine. Yet, he was hopeful
of the grace of Allah and he prayed with sincerity, "He said:
My Lord! Surely my bones were weakened
and my head flares with hoariness, and my Lord! I have never been
unsuccessful in my prayer to Thee: And surely I fear my cousins after
me, and my wife is barren, therefore grant me from Thyself an heir, who
would inherit me and inherit from the children of Yaqub, and make him,
my Lord, one in whom Thou art well pleased."
O Zakaria! Surely We give you good news
of a boy whose name shall be Yahya: We have not made before anyone his
equal.
He said;
"O my Lord! When shall I have a son,
and my wife is barren, and I myself have reached the extreme degree of
old age? He said: "So shall It be, your Lord says: It is easy to Me,
and indeed I created you before, when you were nothing."
(Surah Maryam 19:4-9)
Thus Allah accepted the invocation of
Hadhrat Zakaria (a.s.) and Hadhrat Yahya (a.s.) was born to him.
(extract from the book "Greater
Sins" by Shaheed DastGhaib) |