مريم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ كهيعص 1 ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُ زَكَرِيَّا 2 إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ نِدَاءً خَفِيًّا 3 قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُن بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا 4 وَإِنِّي خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِيَ مِن وَرَائِي وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا 5 يَرِثُنِي وَيَرِثُ مِنْ آلِ يَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَاجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا 6 يَا زَكَرِيَّا إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ اسْمُهُ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا 7 قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا 8 قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْئًا 9 قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَل لِّي آيَةً ۚ قَالَ آيَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ سَوِيًّا 10 فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ مِنَ الْمِحْرَابِ فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَيْهِمْ أَن سَبِّحُوا بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا 11
THE ANSWERED PRAYER OF ZACHARIAS
Verse No. 1-6
for the abbreviated letters, please see volume one, page 30 of this book.
the chapter of Mary begins with the story of Zacharias who, when incited and aroused to pray to God by Mary the Virgin, his prayer was answered.
Zacharias was very sad for having no child; and one day in his sanctum in the Temple, he privately prayed to God saying: - "My Lord! My bones have been weakened, and my head is inflamed with old age, and i have not been unanswered in my prayers to you so fa. i am anxious about my knsfolk after me, and my wife is old and barren, so have Your Mercy on me and grant me a successor to inherit me and to inherit the posterity of Jacob".
WHAT WAS HIS HERITAGE?
Zacharias prayed for a successor to inherit him, but it is doubtful whther he had any wealth or worldly property, so as to be anxious that who would inherit him. he held a sacred religious mission as a high priest, and wanted his holy mission to be continued after him by a successor, and that was the object of his prayer.