A Son
When he called upon his Lord, “Do not leave me childless, for You are the Best of inheritors.”
21:89And Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not childless, though Thou art the Best of inheritors.
“I fear what will happen to my people after me, and my wife is barren. So grant me, from Yourself, an heir,”
3:38Then Zachariah prayed unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Bestow upon me of Thy bounty goodly offspring. Lo! Thou art the Hearer of Prayer.
19:5Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor
“Who will inherit from me and from the family of Jacob, and make him, my Lord, pleasing to You.”
19:6Who shall inherit of me and inherit (also) of the house of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, acceptable (unto Thee).
So, the angels called out to him while he stood praying in the sanctuary: ‘Allah gives you good news of John, a confirmer of Allah’s word, noble, chaste, and a prophet among the righteous.
3:39And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary: Allah giveth thee glad tidings of (a son whose name is) John, (who cometh) to confirm a word from Allah lordly, chaste, a prophet of the righteous.
“O Zechariah, We give you good news of a son, whose name is John, a name We have never given before.”
19:7(It was said unto him): O Zachariah! Lo! We bring thee tidings of a son whose name is John; we have given the same name to none before (him).
He said, “My Lord, how can I have a son when my wife is barren, and I have reached extreme old age?”
3:40He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when age hath overtaken me already and my wife is barren? (The angel) answered: So (it will be). Allah doeth what He will.
19:8He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached infirm old age?
He said, “It will be so. Your Lord says, ‘It is easy for Me. I created you before, when you were nothing.’”
3:40He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when age hath overtaken me already and my wife is barren? (The angel) answered: So (it will be). Allah doeth what He will.
19:9He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me, even as I created thee before, when thou wast naught.