Calling Upon His Lord In A Low Voice "And mention of the...

I have never been unsuccessful in my prayer to Thee: And surely I fear my cousins after me, and my wife is barren, therefore grant me from Thyself an heir, who should inherit me and inherit from the children of Yaqoub, and make him, my Lord one in whom Thou art well pleased." (19:1-6) ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُ زَكَرِيَّا. إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ نِدَاءً خَفِيًّا. قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنْ بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا.

وَإِنِّي خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِيَ مِنْ وَرَائِي وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِيًّا. يَرِثُنِي وَيَرِثُ مِنْ آلِ يَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَاجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا. The Moral Virtues Of Zachariah, His Son And Wife "And Zakaria, when he cried to his Lord: O my Lord! Leave me not alone; and Thou art the Best of inheritors.

So we responded to him and gave him Yahya and made his wife fit for him; surely they used to hasten, one with another, in deeds of goodness and to call upon Us, hoping and fearing; and they were humble before Us." (21:89-90) وَزَكَرِيَّا إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ.

فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا ۖ وَكَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِعِينَ Keeping Vigil In Prayer And Hidden Invocations Some of the predecessors have reported that Zacharia spent part of night in prayer and he invoked God so hiddenly that no one would notice. He used to say: O my Lord! O my Lord and God too would say: Here I am, here I am.

وَقالَ بَعضُ السَّلَفِ: قامَ فَنادى رَبَّهُ مُناداةً أسَرَّها عَمَّن كانَ حاضِرًا عِندَهُ مَخافَتَهُ فَقالَ: يا رَبِّ يا رَبِّ يا رَبِّ، فَقالَ اللَّهُ لَبَّيكَ، لَبَّيكَ لَبَّيكَ، (الخ(. His Occupation Zacharia was a carpenter by occupation and earned his living with hand labor in the same way that Prophet David earned his living with hand labor. إِنَّ زَكرِيّا عَليهِ السَّلامُ كانَ نَجّارًا يَعمَلُ بِيَدِه وَيَأكُلُ مِن كَسِبها كَما أنَّ داوودَ عَليهِ السَّلامُ يَأكُلُ مِن كَسبِ يَدِه.