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called out to him while he was standing in prayer exposed; it was merely that they wanted to run
in the Upper Room: ‘Allah gives you the good away. (33:13)
news of Yahya, who will come to confirm a
Word from Allah, and will be a leader and a celi- YOUTH
bate, a Prophet and one of the righteous.’ (3:38- Circulating among them there will be youths like
39) hidden pearls. (52:24)
And Zakariyya, Yahya, ‘Isa and Ilyas. All of them There will circulate among them, ageless youths.
were among the righteous. (6:85) (56:17)
(Zakariyya said, ‘My Lord,) I fear my relatives Ageless youths will circulate among them, serv-
when I am gone and my wife is barren, so give ing them. Seeing them, you would think them
me an heir from You to be my inheritor and the scattered pearls. (76:19)
inheritor of the family of Ya‘qub, and make him,
my Lord, pleasing to You.’ (Allah said,) YUNUS (AS) (JONAH)
‘Zakariyya! We give you the good news of a boy We have revealed to you as We revealed to Nuh
named Yahya, a name we have given to no one and the Prophets who came after him. And We
else before.’ (19:5-7) revealed to Ibrahim and Isma‘il and Ishaq and
(We said,) ‘Yahya, take hold of the Book with Ya‘qub and the Tribes, and ‘Isa and Ayyub and
vigour.’ We gave him judgement while still a Yunus and Harun and Sulayman. And We gave
child, and tenderness and purity from Us–he Dawud the Zabur. (4:163)
guarded against evil–and devotion to his par- And Isma‘il, al-Yasa‘, Yunus and Lut. All of them
ents–he was not insolent or disobedient. Peace We favoured over all beings. And some of their
be upon him the day he was born, and the day he forebears, descendants and brothers; We chose
dies, and the day he is raised up again alive. them and guided them to a straight path. (6:86-
(19:12-15) 87)
We responded to him and gave him Yahya, How is it that there has never been a city that be-
restoring for him his wife’s fertility. They outdid lieved, whose faith then brought it benefit, ex-
one another in good actions, calling out to Us in cept the people of Yunus? When they believed
yearning and in awe, and humbling themselves We removed from them the punishment of dis-
to Us. (21:90) grace in the life of this world and We let them
have enjoyment for a time. (10:98)
YAJUJ AND MAJUJ (GOG AND MAGOG) Yunus too was one of the Messengers. When he
They said, ‘Dhu’l-Qarnayn! Yajuj and Majuj are ran away to the fully laden ship and cast lots and
causing corruption in the land. Can we, there- lost. Then the fish devoured him and he was to
fore, pay tribute to you in return for your con- blame. Had it not been that he was a man who
structing a barrier between us and them?’ (18:94) glorified Allah, he would have remained inside
When Yajuj and Majuj are let loose and rush its belly until the Day they are raised again. So
down from every slope, and the True Promise is We cast him up onto the beach and he was sick;
very close, the eyes of those who disbelieved will and We caused a gourd tree to grow over him.
be transfixed: ‘Alas for us! We were unmindful of We sent him to a hundred thousand or even
this! No, rather we were definitely wrongdoers.’ more. They believed and so We gave them en-
(21:96-97) joyment for a time. (37:139-148)
And Dhu’n-Nun (Yunus) when he left in anger
YATHRIB and thought We would not punish him. He
And a group of them said, ‘People of Yathrib, called out in the pitch darkness: ‘There is no god
Your position is untenable so return!’ some of but You! Glory be to You! Truly I have been one
them asked the Prophet to excuse them, saying, of the wrongdoers.’ We responded to him and
‘Our houses are exposed,’ when they were not rescued him from his grief. That is how We res-
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