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وَزَكَرِيَّآ
And Zakariya
إِذۡ
when
نَادَىٰ
he called
رَبَّهُۥ
(to) his Lord
رَبِّ
My Lord!
لَا
(Do) not
تَذَرۡنِي
leave me
فَرۡدٗا
alone
وَأَنتَ
while You
خَيۡرُ
(are) [the] Best
ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ
(of) the inheritors
وَزَكَرِيَّآ
And Zakariya
إِذۡ
when
نَادَىٰ
he called
رَبَّهُۥ
(to) his Lord
رَبِّ
My Lord!
لَا
(Do) not
تَذَرۡنِي
leave me
فَرۡدٗا
alone
وَأَنتَ
while You
خَيۡرُ
(are) [the] Best
ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ
(of) the inheritors
Translation
And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."
Tafsir
And, mention, Zachariah (Zakariyyaa, is substituted by [the following, idh naadaa rabbahu .]) when he cried out to his Lord, saying: 'My Lord, do not leave me without an heir, without a son to inherit from me, and You are the best of inheritors', the One that endures after all of your creation has perished.
Prophet Zakariyya and Prophet Yahya
Allah tells:
وَزَكَرِيَّا
And (remember) Zakariyya,
Allah tells us of His servant Zakariyya, who asked Allah to grant him a son who would be a Prophet after him. The story has already been given in detail at the beginning of Surah Maryam and also in Surah `Imran. Here an abbreviated version is given.
إِذْ نَادَى رَبَّهُ
when he cried to his Lord,
means, in secret, hiding it from his people.
رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا
O My Lord! Leave me not single,
means, with no child and no heir to stand among the people after me.
وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ
though You are the Best of the inheritors.
This is a supplication and form of praise befitting the topic.
Allah says:
فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ يَحْيَى وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُ
So We answered his call, and We bestowed upon him Yahya, and cured his wife for him.
Ibn Abbas, Mujahid and Sa`id bin Jubayr said:
She was barren and never had a child, then she gave birth.
...
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ
Verily, they used to hasten on to do good deeds,
means, acts of worship and acts of obedience towards Allah.
...
وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا
and they used to call on Us with hope and fear,
Ath-Thawri said,
Hoping for that (reward) which is with Us and fearing that (punishment) which is with Us.
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وَكَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِعِينَ
and they were Khashi`in before Us.
Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn Abbas that;
this means, sincerely believing in that which was revealed by Allah.
Mujahid said:
Truly believing.
Abu Al-`Aliyah said:
Fearing.
Abu Sinan said:
Khushu` means the fear which should never leave our hearts.
It was also reported from Mujahid that;
the Khashi`in are those who are humble.
Al-Hasan, Qatadah and Ad-Dahhak said,
The Khashi`in are those who humble themselves before Allah.
All of these suggestions are close in meaning.
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