Our Master Zechariah, peace be upon him, is one of the prophets and messengers whom God Almighty sent to His servants in order to bring them out of the darkness of sin and polytheism into the light of obedience and monotheism. The lineage of our Master Zechariah, peace be upon him, ends with Jacob bin Ishaq, may the best of blessings and peace be upon him. It was known through the Book of God, Blessed and Most High, that The era of our master Zechariah, peace be upon him, was very close to the era of our master Jesus, peace be upon him.
The story of our master Zechariah, peace be upon him, began when he grew old and his hair became gray, and so did his wife. She had not given birth to a son whom he would enjoy and inherit from after his death. His relatives from among his cousins were evil and immoral. They would not adhere to the Sharia except through a scruple and a deterrent that would deter them even if they were alone with him. Their souls, which carry great evil, will erase the Sharia, spread corruption and temptation, and change the features of the Book.
The Book of God, Blessed and Most High, was revealed expressing the condition of Zechariah, peace be upon him, by saying it on the tongue of Zechariah, upon whom be the best of prayers and the most complete greetings: (My Lord said, “Indeed, my bones have weakened, and my head has burned with gray hair, and I have not been wretched in supplicating to You, my Lord. * And I feared those who follow me, so grant me a guardian from You.) He will inherit from me and inherit from the family of Jacob, and make him my Lord well-pleased.) It has been said that Zechariah, peace be upon him, was afraid that his people would change and change after him, and that they would violate the prohibitions of God Almighty. Therefore, he was keen to pray and plead with God, Blessed and Most High, in order for God to grant him a boy who would carry the banner of prophecy and monotheism. After him,
Read also:The meaning of there is no god but You, Glory be to You, I have been of the wrongdoersThis thought continued to dominate the thoughts of Zechariah, peace be upon him, and disturbed him greatly day and night until one day he went to a temple in order to worship and draw closer to God Almighty. When he entered upon Mary, peace be upon her, he found her at that time crouching in her sanctuary, immersed in her thoughts, and he found Then, he was not accustomed to seeing it, as he had seen some summer fruit with him while it was winter time, so Zechariah, peace be upon him, immediately asked her where you got that from when she answered that it was from God, so our master Zechariah, peace be upon him, turned to his Lord, praying, praying, and hoping for Him when he sank upon him. Peace in this contemplation and this state, which he had not understood well before, so his heart was humbled and his tongue went out, saying: (My Lord, grant me good offspring from You. You are the Hearer of supplications.) So it was from God, Blessed and Most High, and after seeing his humility and sincere orientation towards Him, that he sent him the angels giving him good tidings that God God, Blessed and Most High, will grant him a boy whose name had never been given before, and it was that God blessed him with Tarik, the Most High, Yahya, peace be upon him, and gave him prophethood after his father.
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