The ProphetsNo. 22
زَكَرِيَّا
Surah Maryam opens with the mention of Allah's mercy to His servant Zakariyya.
Zakariyya was the guardian of Maryam. He found provision with her in the sanctuary and asked where it came from. She said it was from Allah (3:37). There he called on his Lord for good offspring (3:38). He was old and his wife was barren, and he feared for the religion after him (19:4-6).
The angels gave him the good news of a son named Yahya, a name given to no one before (19:7). When he asked how this could be, he was told that it is easy for Allah. As a sign he would not speak to people for three days except by gesture (3:41). Allah answered him and made his wife fit to bear a child (21:90). The Quran does not say how he died.
ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآ ٢
[This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah
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2. (This is) a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His slave Zakariyyâ (Zachariah).
هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۥ ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ ٣٨
At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."
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38. At that time Zakariyâ (Zachariya) invoked his Lord, saying: "O my Lord! Grant me from You, a good offspring. You are indeed the All-Hearer of invocation."
يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا ٧
[He was told],[810] "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name."
[810] By Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) through the angels.
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7. (Allâh said) "O Zakariyyâ (Zachariah)! Verily, We give you the glad tidings of a son, whose name will be Yahyâ (John). We have given that name to none before (him)."