Zakariyyā ﷺ
زكرياCommonly rendered in English as Zechariah.
An elderly priest who had never had a son. He saw Maryam in her prayer chamber, found fruit out of season, and made duʿāʾ for an heir of his own. He was given Yaḥyā.
- Era
- c. 1 BCE traditional
- Region
- Jerusalem
- Sent to
- Banū Isrāʾīl
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Yūnus
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Yaḥyā
Hear the prophetic story in full.
Ibn Kathir's Stories of the Prophets, narrated chapter by chapter in the Joyful Muslims app.