Transliteration:( Qaala Rabbij 'al leee Aayatan qaala Aaayatuka allaa tukalliman naasa salaasata ayyaamin illa ramzaa; wazkur Rabbaka kaseeranw wa sabbih bil'ashiyyi wal ibkaar )
90. So that from this sign I will be able to perceive my wife's conception and henceforth engage myself in Your Remembrance and devotion.
91. From this, two issues are proven:
1. One should show gratitude to Allah Almighty for being granted a pious son. Holding Aqeeqa, giving charity and offering voluntary prayers are all expression of this gratitude.
2. The miracles of Prophets can appear before their birth. The loss of power of Hazrat Zakariya's tongue from worldly speech replaced by Remembrance of Allah Almighty only is the miracle of Hazrat Yahyah (on whombe peace) which came into being before his blessed birth. Likewise, miracles do appear after their earthly life.
92. Although recitation of Tasbeeh and Tahleel are good acts at any time. Their recitation in the morning and evening is regarded as more auspicious because this is the meeting time of the angels of the morning and night. Says Allah Almighty: "No doubt, angels are present to witness QUR AANIC recitation at dawn." (S17:V78). Hence, at these times every creation of Allah Almighty is specially engaged in the Remembrance of Allah Almighty.
The tafsir of Surah Imran verse 41 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Imran ayat 38 which provides the complete commentary from verse 38 through 41.
41. Here the request is made for some specific sign to be given by means of which Zechariah would come to know in advance when the unusual incident of the birth of a child to a couple, where the male was old and the female both old and barren, would take place.
42. The real purpose of this discourse is to disclose to the Christians the error of their belief in Jesus as God and as the son of God. The subject is introduced by mentioning the birth of John (peace be on him), anothermiraculous birth which had taken place only six months before the birth of the Messiah (peace be on him) and among his own relatives. God wants to make the Christians ask themselves why the miraculous birth of Jesus should make him God when the similarly miraculous birth of John did not make him so.
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