TRANSLATION:
[3:40]
He said: .O my Lord, how shall I have a boy when old age has come upon me and my wife is barren? [15] Said He: .That is
how Allah does what He wills..
[3:41]
He said: .O my Lord, set for me a sign.. Said He: .Your sign is that you shall not be able to speak to people for three days except through gestures. [16] Remember your Lord much; and proclaim His purity in the evening and the morning..
[3:42]
And when the angels said: .O Maryam, Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you over the women of all the worlds.
INTERPRETATION:
[15] Because Hazrat Zakariyya AS had prayed for the child himself he didn't ask this question because, God forbid, he had any doubts. He asked this question in surprise over this incredible good news, which is a way of doing Shukr (thanks to Allah Ta'alah). Also, it was a way of asking whether the child would be born while he and his wife stayed old, or whether he and his wife would be returned to a younger age. Allah Ta'alah replied, "That is how..." which meant that the son would be born in this state of old age.
[16] Hazrat Zakariyya meant to ask for a sign that would tell him that conception had taken place, so that he would start saying Shukr to Allah Ta'alah from that time. Allah Ta'alah told him that when conception had taken place then he would be afflicted with a condition in which he would not be able to talk to anyone besides doing Allah's Zikr (remembrance) and reciting His name. And if he needed to communicate with anyone he would need to do it through gestures.
[3:41]
He said: .O my Lord, set for me a sign.. Said He: .Your sign is that you shall not be able to speak to people for three days except through gestures. [16] Remember your Lord much; and proclaim His purity in the evening and the morning..
[3:42]
And when the angels said: .O Maryam, Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you over the women of all the worlds.
INTERPRETATION:
[15] Because Hazrat Zakariyya AS had prayed for the child himself he didn't ask this question because, God forbid, he had any doubts. He asked this question in surprise over this incredible good news, which is a way of doing Shukr (thanks to Allah Ta'alah). Also, it was a way of asking whether the child would be born while he and his wife stayed old, or whether he and his wife would be returned to a younger age. Allah Ta'alah replied, "That is how..." which meant that the son would be born in this state of old age.
[16] Hazrat Zakariyya meant to ask for a sign that would tell him that conception had taken place, so that he would start saying Shukr to Allah Ta'alah from that time. Allah Ta'alah told him that when conception had taken place then he would be afflicted with a condition in which he would not be able to talk to anyone besides doing Allah's Zikr (remembrance) and reciting His name. And if he needed to communicate with anyone he would need to do it through gestures.
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