QASAS-UN-NABIYEEN VOLUME 4/ STORY OF ZAKARIYYA PEACE BE UPON HIM. CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 5

الهاماً من الربِ الرحيم

AN INSPIRATION FROM THE MERCIFUL SUSTAINER

VOCABULARY

The intelligent ones, intellectuals	عقلاء	Inspiration, revelation	الهام
delayed	متاخرة	Made it exclusive, dedicated	أخلصَت
Became old	طعن فى السن	time	أوان
weakness	وَهن	Grey hair overcame him	علاه الشيب
Barrenness, sterility	عقر	All hope left him	أنقطع منه الرجاء
Became excited	جاشَت	What is normal, usual	جرَتِ العادة
Resurged, revived	اِنتَعَشَ	His determination increased	عَلَت هِمَته
It flowed	فاضَ	Belief became strong	قَوِيَتِ الثقة
		Said Ameen!	أمَنَت

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

And Allah SWT inspired Zakariyya, peace be upon him who was one of the Prophets and among the intelligent and sensible people, that He who is capable of providing a pious girl, dedicated by her mother due to her vow and supplication, and who dedicated herself to the obedience and worship, with fruits emerging before and after their usual season, was also capable of bestowing a son to an old man whose hair had grown white and who had become weak and feeble. This was despite the fact that he had lost all hope of fathering a child due to his old age, barrenness of his wife and the general observation that such a person cannot have a child.

So Zakariyya, peace be upon him, found an excitement in him, his determination surged, his hopes revived and his trust in his Sustainer became stronger. A supplicated flowed from his tongue to which the Angels responded by saying Ameen!

Allah’s mercy came into action and this was all due to inspiration from a Merciful Sustainer, and according to the planning of the All Powerful and All Knowing!

”There did Zakariya pray to his Lord, saying: "O my Lord! Grant unto me from Thee a progeny that is pure: for Thou art He that heareth prayer!”