19. Mary/Sayedah Maryam
I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah
The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
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a. Kaf. Ha. Ya. `Ayn. Sad.
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a. This is a narrative of the mercy of your Rabb - The Lord towards HIS servant, Zachariah.
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a. When he called out to his Rabb - The Lord in seclusion by the middle of the night,
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praying:
O ‘My Rabb - The Lord!
Indeed my bones have become weak within me, and my head is aflame with gray hair because of old age.
However - O My Rabb - The Lord - I have never been disappointed when calling out to YOU’ before –
- so do not disappoint me now.
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‘Now, I worry who will be the heir after me to fulfill their duties to the Temple of Solomon
for my wife has always been infertile.
So grant me out of YOUR Mercy an heir’ -
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- the one who will be my heir in my duty, and heir to the legacy of spiritual purity, divine knowledge, and Allah-consciousness of the House of Jacob;
and make him - O My Rabb - The Lord - the one with whom YOU would be pleased.’
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His prayer was answered:
‘O Zachariah!
Truly WE give you the happy news of the birth of a son.
His name will be Yahya/John the Baptist.
The uniqueness of the name is that WE have never assigned this name to anyone before.’
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Zachariah exclaimed with joy and surprise:
O ‘My Rabb - The Lord!
But how can I have a son while my wife has always been infertile, and I have already become frail because...
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