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happiness and joy, Allah gives many glad tidings to His sincere ser-
vants in this world as well. He proclaims these glad tidings in the
Qur’an and describes how He answers prayers. For example, Allah
told the Prophets that those nations who are insolent toward them
would be destroyed. Similarly, He answered the prayers of those
Prophets for sons. He gave Prophet Zakariyya (as) the good news of
Prophet Yahya (as). Similarly, Maryam was given the good news of
Prophet ‘Isa (as), and Prophet Ibrahim (as) was given the good news
of Prophet Ishaq (as) and Prophet Ya‘qub (as). The related verses
read:
“O Zakariyya. We give you the good news of a boy named
Yahya, a name we have given to no one else before.” (Surah
Maryam, 19:7)
And We gave him the good news of a forbearing boy. (Surat
as-Saffat, 37:101)
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