Transliteration:( Yaa Zakariyyaaa innaa nubashshiruka bi ghulaamin ismuhoo Yahyaa lam naj'al lahoo min qablu samiyyaa )
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11. Allah Almighty spoke to Hazrat Zakariya the medium of the angels. In another place it is said: "Then the angels called him" (S3:V39). This verse is a commentary of the verse under discussion.
12. This means just as his name is unique and incomparable, some of his deeds, too, would be matchless and unique. Thus, Hazrat Yahya was a devotee of Allah Almighty as well as a hermit without equal. From this we learn that we give names to our children, while Allah Almighty Himself gives names to His Prophets and becomes the guardian of their names and deeds. Hazrat Isa (On whom be peace) had foretold that our Holy Prophets name would be Ahmad (S61:V6).
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7. (Allah said) “O Zakariyya! Verily, We give you the good news of a son, whose name will be Yahya. We have given that name to none before (him).â€
This statement implies what is not mentioned, that his supplication was answered. It was said to him,
((Allah said) “O Zakariyya! Verily, We give you the glad tidings of a son, whose name will be Yahya…â€) Similarly Allah, the Exalted, said;
(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.†Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in the Mihrab, (saying): “Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya, confirming (believing in) the word from Allah, noble, keeping away from sexual relations with women, a Prophet, from among the righteous.â€)ï´¿3:38-39ï´¾ Allah said,
(We have given that name to none before (him).) Qatadah, Ibn Jurayj and Ibn Zayd said, “This means that no one had this name before him.†Ibn Jarir preferred this interpretation, may Allah have mercy upon him.
5. In Luke the words are: There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. (1: 61).
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