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[Al-Quran 19:1-3, Reciter: Hani ar-Rifai]
Zechariah for a son
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًۭا وَلَمْ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّۭا ٤
وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًۭا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّۭا ٥
يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَٱجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّۭا ٦
يَـٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّۭا ٧
[Al-Quran 19:4-7]
Zechariah (Zakariya عليه السلام) prays to his Rabb (Allah) for a son as he is an old man and his wife suffers a condition affecting her ability to bear a baby. He is given good tidings of a son, whose name appointed is Yahya (John). He asks for a sign:
قَالَ رَبِّ اجۡعَلْ لِّىۡۤ اٰيَةً ؕ قَالَ اٰيَتُكَ اَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلٰثَ لَيَالٍ سَوِيًّا ١٠
[Al-Quran 19:10]
Zakariya prays that a sign be made for him. He is told that he will not be able to speak to any human for three nights.
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Mary for Protection
قَالَتۡ اِنِّىۡۤ اَعُوۡذُ بِالرَّحۡمٰنِ مِنۡكَ اِنۡ كُنۡتَ تَقِيًّا ١٨
[Al-Quran 19:18]
Mary (Maryam عليها السلام) is visited by someone, and she prays for ArRehman's protection from this person if he is pious? She is given glad tidings of a son, even though she remains a virgin.
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Mary in Pain
قَالَتۡ يٰلَيۡتَنِىۡ مِتُّ قَبۡلَ هٰذَا وَكُنۡتُ نَسۡيًا مَّنۡسِيًّا ٢٣ ...
[Al-Quran 19:23]
When suffering from labour pains, she wishes she had died before this, and was in oblivion, forgotten.
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Abraham's father for him
يٰۤاَبَتِ اِنِّىۡۤ اَخَافُ اَنۡ يَّمَسَّكَ عَذَابٌ مِّنَ الرَّحۡمٰنِ فَتَكُوۡنَ لِلشَّيۡطٰنِ وَلِيًّا ٤٥
قَالَ اَرَاغِبٌ اَنۡتَ عَنۡ اٰلِهَتِىۡ يٰۤاِبۡرٰهِيۡمُۚ لَٮِٕنۡ لَّمۡ تَنۡتَهِ لَاَرۡجُمَنَّكَ وَاهۡجُرۡنِىۡ مَلِيًّا ٤٦
[Al-Quran 19:45-46]
When Abraham told his father that he is afraid of a punishment visiting him (his father) from ArRahman because he (his father) has taken Satan as a Wali (protecting friend), the Father literally says that: I desire you from my god*; and if you do not desist, I am going to stone you, and/so stay away from me for a long time.
Abraham for his father
قَالَ سَلٰمٌ عَلَيۡكَۚ سَاَسۡتَغۡفِرُ لَـكَ رَبِّىۡؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ بِىۡ حَفِيًّا ٤٧
وَ اَعۡتَزِلُـكُمۡ وَمَا تَدۡعُوۡنَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰهِ وَاَدۡعُوۡا رَبِّىۡ ۖ عَسٰٓى اَلَّاۤ اَكُوۡنَ بِدُعَآءِ رَبِّىۡ شَقِيًّا ٤٨
[Al-Quran 19:47-48]
Abraham sends Salam upon his father, and promises to seek forgiveness for him from his Lord (arRahman) as He is always gracious to him. And as he distances himself from all they invoke instead of Allah, His Lord, hoping that he will not be in his invocation unhappy.
When Zechariah (Zakariya عليه السلام) prayed for a medically impossible progeny, Allah blessed him with a son.
When Mary (Maryam عليها السلام) prayed for protection, she was well-protected and safe.
When Mary (Maryam عليها السلام) wished she had died and gone into oblivion, she was blessed with food, drink, the Messiah as her baby, and she is remembered to this day.
When Abraham's father prayed to his false god for Abraham (Ibrahim عليه السلام), he was not blessed in his prayer.
When Abraham (Ibrahim عليه السلام) prayed for his polytheist father, his father was not blessed with faith.
Abraham (Ibrahim عليه السلام) was blessed with Isaac (Ishaq عليه السلام) and Jacob (Yaqub عليه السلام), the line of prophethood which culminated in John (Yahya عليه السلام) and Jesus (Isa عليه السلام).
Abraham (Ibrahim عليه السلام) was blessed with Ishmael (Ismail عليه السلام) who is the ancestor of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ .
[Al-Quran 19:96-98, Reciter: Mishari Rashid al-`Afasy]
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