Page 61 - Prophet Jesus (Pbuh): A Prophet Not A Son, Of God

HARUN YAHYA 59

Remember your Lord's mercy to His servant Zachariah, when he called
on his Lord in secret and said: "My Lord, my bones have lost their
strength and my head is crowned with white. But in calling on Youu, My
Lord, I have never been disappointed. I fear my relatives when I am gone,
and my wife is barrenn. So give me an heir from You to be my inheritor
and the inheritor of the family of Jacob, and make him, my Lord, pleas-
ing to You." (Surah Maryam: 2-6)

Then and there, Zachariah called on his Lord, saying: "O Lord, grant
me, by Your favor, an upright child. You are the Hearer of Prayer."
(Surah Al l 'Imran: 38)

Apparently, Prophet Zachariah (pbuh) and his wife could not have
a son under normal conditions. Yet he prayed with a sincere heart to our
Lord for a helpmate and an inheritor. And, our Lord answered his
prayer:
Zachariah! We give you the good news of a boy named John, a name we

have given to no one else before. (Surah Maryam: 7)
The angels called out to him while he was standing in prayer in t the
chamber: "God gives you the good news of John, who will come to con-
firm a Word from God. He willl be a leader and a chaste, a Prophet and
one of the righteous." (Surah Al 'Imran: 39)