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.
— M. Pickthall
So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate1 Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
— Saheeh International
So We listened to him: and We granted him Yahya: We cured his wife's (Barrenness) for him. These (three) were ever quick in emulation in good works; they used to call on Us with love and reverence, and humble themselves before Us.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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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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