Old and childless, Zakariya is given Yahya, a prophet from childhood, gentle and pure.
Zakariya · Yahya
[Allah] said, "O John, take the Scripture with determination." And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy
Quran 19:12
Source: Quran ·
Borders come from the open historical-basemaps project (GPL-3.0) and are approximate. Dates before 1000 BCE are estimates, and for the earliest prophets the Quran gives the order of events but not their years. Sources: the Quran, Sahih al-Bukhari, the Seerah of Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Kathir's al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya, and standard histories. See also the villains of Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal.
