QASAS-UN-NABIYEEN VOLUME 4. THE STORY OF ZAKARIYA PEACE BE UPON HIM. CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 8

يَحْيَىٰ يَضطَلِعُ

Yahya, peace be upon him, discharges the responsibilities of prophethood

Burdens, responsibilities	اعباء	Discharges the responsibility	يَضطَلِعُ
passion	شَغَف	nobility	نجابة
Is distinguished from	يمتازُ عَن	possesses	يَتَحلى
He was pointed out/at	يُشارُ اليه	Peers, of the same age	اقرانه
purity	زكوةً	As a child	صبياً
dutiful	براً	devout	تقياً
		rebellious	عَصياً

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

And Yahya, peace be upon him, was born and became the comfort of his father’s eyes, and a successor to his great father. He would discharge the duties of calling people to Allah and towards the pure religion. The signs of nobility appeared in him during his childhood. He was passionate in acquiring knowledge even as a young boy. He possessed righteousness and piety when he grew up to be a young man. He was distinguished among his peers due to his love for and his devoutness and dutifulness towards his parents. He was pointed at among other boys as an example in these qualities.  Allah SWT addressed him thus:

“(And it was said unto his son): O Yahya! Hold fast the Scripture. And we gave him wisdom when a child, 

 And compassion from Our presence, and purity; and he was devout,      

 And dutiful toward his parents. And he was not arrogant, rebellious.        

 Peace on him the day he was born, and the day he dieth and the day he shall be raised alive!”