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1707 - زَكَرِيّا عليه السلام‏

1707. ZACHARIAS (AS) [ZAKARIYYA]

(وَزَكَرِيَّا إِذْ نَادَى‏ رَبَّهُ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْداً وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ * فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ يَحْيَى‏ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَباً وَرَهَباً وَكَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِعِينَ) .1

"And Zacharias, when he cried out to his Lord, 'My Lord! Do not leave me without an heir, and You are the best of inheritors.' So We answered his prayer, and gave him John, and remedied his wife ['s infertility] for him. Indeed they were active in [performing] good works, and they would supplicate Us with eagerness and awe and were humble before Us." 2

(اُنظر) آل عمران : 38 - 41 ومريم : 1 - 12 .

(See also: Qur'an 3:38-41, 19:1-12)

6002.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : خَرَجَت بَنو إسرائيلَ في طَلَبِ زَكريّا ليَقتُلوهُ ، فخَرَجَ هارِباً في البَرِّيَّةِ ، فانفَرَجَت لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ فدَخَلَ فيها فَبَقِيَت هُدبَةٌ مِن ثَوبهِ، فجاؤوا حتّى‏ قامُوا علَيها فنَشَروهُ بالمِنشارِ .3

6002.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The Children of Israel went to seek out Zacharias in order to kill him, so he left fleeing into the desert. A tree parted open and he entered into it, but the hem of his clothes remained outside, so they came and stood around it, and sawed through him with a saw.' 4

6003.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : كانَ زَكريّا نَجّاراً .5

6003.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Zacharias was a carpenter.' 6

1.الأنبياء : ۸۹ و ۹۰ .

2.Quran ۲۱:۸۹,۹۰

3.كنز العمّال : ۳۲۳۳۰ .

4.Kanz al-Ummal, no. ۳۲۳۲۹

5.كنز العمّال : ۳۲۳۲۹ .

6.Ibid. no. ۳۲۳۳۰

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