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Zakariyya

زكريا
Definition

Zechariah — prophet, custodian of Maryam, granted Yahya in his old age after the famous supplication 'My Lord, do not leave me alone' (Qur'an 21:89).

As understood in the classical tradition of Ibn Kathir and the scholars of his school.

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