The Wife of Zakariya, Mother of Yahya: In the Quran in Islamic History

In the Quran

In the QuranMother of Yahya

The Wife of Zakariyaامرأة زكريا

Shortly before the birth of IsaApproximate dateJerusalem

Zakariya's wife, barren for years, whom Allah made fit to bear Yahya in old age.

Zakariya prayed for an heir, though he was old and his wife barren. Allah answered and gave him Yahya, and 'amended his wife for him'. The Quran praises the household together: they hastened to good deeds, called on Allah in hope and fear, and were humble before Him.

What does the Quran say?

So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
Quran 21:90

21:89-90 19:5-9 3:40

The lesson

Nothing is too late for Allah to give.

Who else is linked?

Jerusalem Zakariya Yahya Maryam Hannah

Who lived at the same time?

Zakariya Yahya Isa Augustus Herod the Great Aretas IV

Source: the Quran

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