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And indeed, I fear the successors1 after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

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Who will inherit me1 and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]."

            

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[He was told],1 "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name."

              

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He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"

              

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[An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.'"

             

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[Zechariah] said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights, [being] sound."1

           

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So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allāh] in the morning and afternoon.

       

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[Allāh said], "O John, take the Scripture [i.e., adhere to it] with determination." And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy

      

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And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allāh

      

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And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant.