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THE PROPHETS' PRAYERS
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RELATED IN THE QUR'AN

wish: it is, in fact, a wish intended for the hereafter. We can under-
stand this also from the verse, "... Truly do I love the love of good
with a view to the glory of my Lord." (Surah Sad: 32)

If a person puts their material resources into use to seek Allah's
good pleasure and if this wealth draws them nearer to Allah and
makes them remember Allah, then there is no reason to feel hesitant
about asking for worldly blessings, for these blessings are the
means to drawing them nearer to the hereafter.

The Prophet Zakariyya's (as) Prayers

Three surahs in the Qur'an refer to the Prophet Zakariyya's (as)
prayers. When he grew old, he asked Allah for a successor who
would uphold faith amongst his people after his death. Being too
old a man to have a child and having an infertile wife, he called on

Allah as follows:
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 You, My Lord, I have never been disap-
pointed. I fear my relatives when I am gone and my wife is bar-
ren, 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: 3-6)
Then and there Zakariyya called on his Lord and said, "O Lord,
grant me by Your favor an upright child. You are the Hearer of
Prayer." (Surah Al Imran: 38)
And Zakariyya when he called out to his Lord, "My Lord, do

not leave me on my own, You are the Best of Inheritors." (Surat
al-Anbiya': 89)