” My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good (pure) offspring. Indeed, You are the All-Hearer of invocation.”
رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ
Rabbi hab lee min ladunka thurriyyatan tayyibatan innaka samee’ud-du’aa
Surah Al-Imran,verse 38
This is the supplication of Prophet Zakariyya Alaihissalaam.
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- To have a baby
- To make your children obedient,pious and righteous
- To have a safe pregnancy and delivery
Allah made Maryam Alaihissalaam grow in a good manner and put her under the care of Zakariyya Alaihissalaam. Every time he entered the Mihrab to visit her, he found her supplied with sustenance. He said: “O Maryam! From where have you gotten this” She said, “This is from Allah.” Verily, Allah provides sustenance to whom He wills, without limit.
Allah says in the Holy Quran:-
38 “At that time Zakariyya invoked his Lord, saying: “O my Lord! Grant me from You, a good offspring. You are indeed the All-Hearer of invocation.”) (39. Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in the Mihrab, (saying): “Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya, believing in the Word from Allah, and Sayyidan, and Hasuran, a Prophet, from among the righteous.”) (40. He said: “O my Lord! How can I have a son when I am very old, and my wife is barren” (Allah) said: “Thus Allah does what He wills.”
The Supplication of Zakariyya Alaihissalaam and the good news of Yahya Alaihissalaam ‘s Birth:
When Zakariyya Alaihissalaam saw that Allah provided sustenance for Maryam Alaihissalaam by giving her the fruits of winter in summer and the fruits of summer in winter, he was eager to have a child of his own. By then, Zakariyya Alaihissalaam had become an old man, his bones feeble and his head full of gray hair. His wife was an old women who was barren. Yet, he supplicated to Allah and called Him in secret,
“O my Lord! Grant me from Ladunka,” from You,
“A good offspring” meaning, a righteous offspring,
“You are indeed the All-Hearer of invocation.”
“Grant me from You, a good offspring”, meaning, grant me a son who will have offspring, and Allah knows best.
Allah said,
“Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in the Mihrab,” meaning, the angels spoke to him directly while he was secluded, standing in prayer at his place of worship.
Here Allah tells us about the good news that the angels delivered to Zakariyya Alaihissalaam.
“Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya,” of a child from your offspring, his name is Yahya.
Qatadah and other scholars said that he was called Yahya (literally, `he lives’) because Allah filled his life with faith.
Allah’s statement,
“A Prophet, from among the righteous” delivers more good news of sending Yahya Alaihissalaam as Prophet after the good news that he will be born. This good news was even better than the news of Yahya Alaihissalaam ‘s birth.
In a similar statement, Allah said to the mother of Musa Alaihissalaam,
”Verily, We shall bring him back to you, and shall make him one of the Messengers.”(28:7)
When Zakariyya Alaihissalaam heard the good news, he started contemplating about having children at his age. He said,
“O my Lord! How can I have a son when I am very old, and my wife is barren”
(He) said…) meaning the angel said,
“Thus Allah does what He wills.” meaning, this is Allah’s matter, He is so Mighty that nothing escapes His power, nor is anything beyond His ability.
