هُنَالِکَ دَعَا زَکَرِیَّا رَبَّهُ قَالَ رَبّ ِ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنکَ ذُرّیَّةً طَیّبَةً إِنَّکَ سَمِیعُ الدُّعَآءِ(( 38 ))
38- THERE DID ZACHARIAS PRAY TO HIS LORD, SAYING: ``MY LORD! GRANT ME FROM YOURSELF AN OFFSPRING PURIFIED; THAT YOU HEAR PRAYER.
فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلائَکَةُ وَهُوَ قَآئمٌ یُصَلِّی فِی الِْمحْرَابِ أَنَّ اللهَ یُبَشِّرُکَ بِیَحْیَى مُصَدِّقاً بِکَلِمَة مِنَ اللهِ وَسَیّداً وَحَصُوراً وَنَبِیّاً مّن الصَّـالِحِینَ(( 39 ))
39- AND THE ANGELS CALLED UNTO HIM WHEN STANDING IN PRAYER IN THE SANCTUARY: ``ALLAH GIVES YOU THE GLAD-TIDING OF JOHN (YAHYA) WHO SHALL CONFIRM A WORD OF GOD. HE SHALL BE PRINCELY AND CHASTE, AND AN APOSTLE OF THE RIGHTEOUS.
قَالَ رَبّ ِ أَنَّى یَکُونُ لِى غُلامٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنَىِ الْکِبَرُ وَامْرَأَتِى عَاقِرٌ قَالَ کَذَلِکَ اللهُ یَفْعَلُ مَا یَشَآءُ(( 40 ))
40- HE SAID: MY LORD! HOW SHALL I HAVE A SON, AND OLD AGE HAS ALREADY COME UPON ME, AND MY WIFE IS BARREN. HE SAID: `EVEN SO, ALLAH WILL ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE WILLS.