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The Happiest People: The Prophets

and Ya‘qub (as) and rewarded him out of His mercy:
When he had separated himself from them, and what they
worshipped besides Allah, We gave him Ishaq and Ya‘qub,
making each of them a prophet. We endowed them with
Our mercy and made them highly honored. (Surah
Maryam: 49-50)
As Allah points out in this story, if a person behaves in accor-
dance with His instructions, Allah will shelter him from all troubles
no matter what the circumstances and will always fill his heart with
contentment and peace.

Prophet Zakariyya (as)
Zakariyya (as) is amongst the prophets re f e r red to in various
chapters of the Qur'an. Like all the other prophets, during his life he
never deviated in any way from trying to please Allah and striving
to maintain the good conduct required for this. He was steadfast in
his worship of Allah and always maintained his devotion and sub-
mission to Him. In the Qur'an, Allah tells us that when Pro p h e t
Zakariyya (as) became old, he wanted Allah to give him a pious
child and prayed for this:
And [Zakariyya] said, "My Lord, my bones have lost their
strength and my head is crowned with white, but in calling
on You, My Lord, I have never been disappointed. I fear my
relatives when I am gone and my wife is barren, so give me
an heir from You to be my inheritor and the inheritor of the
family of Ya‘qub, and make him, my Lord, pleasing to You."
(Surah Maryam: 4-6)
Allah answered the prayer of Prophet Zakariyya (as) and re-
w a rded him with a son named Yahya. Allah made a woman who
was unable to give birth fertile and relieved Prophet Zakariyya (as)

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