3. Sura al-Imran

Medina 89 [200 verses]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُ ...

3: 38. There did Zakariya pray to his Lord,

...قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنْكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَة ...

saying:

"O my Lord! grant unto me from Thee a progeny that is pure;

...إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاء ﴿٣٨﴾

for Thou art He that heareth prayer!"

C380. The birth of Mary, the mother of Jesus, of John the Baptist, the precursor of Jesus, and of Jesus, the prophet of Israel, whom Israel rejected, occurred in that order chronologically, and are told in that order.

They are all inter-connected. Zakariya prayed for no ordinary son. He and his wife were past the age of parenthood. Seeing the growth of Mary, he prayed for some child from Allah,- "from Thee, a progeny that is pure".

To his surprise, he is given a son in the flesh, ushered in by a special Sign. (R)

Pickthall’s Version:

3: 38

Pickthall Then Zachariah prayed unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Bestow upon me of Thy bounty goodly offspring. Lo! Thou art the Hearer of Prayer.

Transliteration Huna_lika da'a_ zakariyya_ rabbah(u_), qa_la rabbi hab li mil ladunka zurriyyatan tayyibah(tan),innaka sami'ud du'a_'(i).