Therefore, if any one is willing to meet Allah spiritually, he should do good deeds, and associate no one in the worship of his Lord. The true worship of God should exclude the worship of anything or anybody else, be they idols, deified men, or powers of nature.
THE END OF SUREH CAVE (18) سُورَةُ مَرْيَمَ MARY بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـنِ الرَّحِيمِ IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MERCIFUL THE COMPASSIONATE كهيعص(( 1 )) 1- K-H-Y-A-S (KA"FِHA"ِYA"ِAINِSA"D) ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُ زَكَرِيَّا(( 2 )) 2- (HERE COMES) THE MENTION OF YOUR LORD'S MERCY TO HIS SERVANT, ZACHARIAS.
إِذْ نَادَى رَبَّهُ نِدَاءً خَفِيّاً(( 3 )) 3- WHEN HE CALLED UPON HIS LORD IN A LOW VOICE: قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْباً وَلَمْ أَكُنْ بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيّاً(( 4 )) 4- HE SAID:ِ ``MY LORD!
MY BONES ARE WEAKENED, AND MY HEAD IS INFLAMED WITH OLD AGE, AND I WAS NOT LEFT UNANSWERED WHEN CALLING YOU.'' وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِىَ مِنْ وَرَائِى وَكَانَتْ امْرَأَتِى عَاقِراً فَهَبْ لِى مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِيّاً(( 5 )) 5- AND I AM AFRAID OF MY KINSFOLK AFTER I AM GONE, AND MY WIFE IS BARREN. SO GRANT A SUCCESSOR OF YOURSELF.
[ 48 ] يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ آلِ يَعْقُوبَ وَاجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيّاً (( 6 )) 6- SO AS TO INHERIT ME, AND INHERIT THE POSTERITY OF JACOB, AND MAKE HIM MY LORD (A SERVANT) WHO PLEASES YOU. THE COMMENTARY THE ANSWERED PRAYER OF ZACHARIAS VERSE NO.1ِ6 For the abbreviated letters, please see volume one, page 30 of this book. The chapter of Mary begins with the story of Zacharias who, when incited and aroused to pray to God by Mary the Virgin, his prayer was answered.
Zacharias was very sad for having no child; and one day in his sanctum in the Temple, he privately prayed to God saying:ِ ``My Lord! My bones have been weakened, and my head is inflamed with old age, and I have not been unanswered in my prayers to you so far. I am anxious about my kinsfolk after me, and my wife is old and barren. So have Your Mercy on me and grant me a successor to inherit me and to inherit the posterity of Jacob.'' WHAT WAS HIS HERITAGE?
Zacharias prayed for a successor to inherit him, but it is doubtful whether he had any wealth or worldly property, so as to be anxious that who would inherit him. He held a sacred religious mission as a high priest, and wanted his holy mission to be continued after him by a successor, and that was the object of his prayer.