Ali 'Imran 3:40

<h2>The Supplication of Zakariyya, and the Good News of Yahya's Birth</h2><p>When Zakariyya saw that Allah provided sustenance for Maryam by giving her the fruits of winter in summer and the fruits of summer in winter, he was eager to have a child of his own. By then, Zakariyya had become an old man, his bones feeble and his head full of gray hair. His wife was an old women who was barren. Yet, he still supplicated to Allah and called Him in secret,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنْكَ</div><p>(O my Lord! Grant me from Ladunka,) from You,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً</div><p>(A good offspring) meaning, a righteous offspring,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَآءِ</div><p>(You are indeed the All-Hearer of invocation.) Allah said,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلَـئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّى فِى الْمِحْرَابِ</div><p>(Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in the Mihrab,) meaning, the angels spoke to him directly while he was secluded, standing in prayer at his place of worship. Allah told us about the good news that the angels delivered to Zakariyya,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَـى</div><p>(Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya, ) of a child from your offspring, his name is Yahya. Qatadah and other scholars said that he …

He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when age hath overtaken me already and my wife is barren? (The angel) answered: So (it will be). Allah doeth what He will.

He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have son, seeing I am very old, and my wife is barren?" "Thus," was the answer, "Doth Allah accomplish what He willeth."

He said: "O my Lord! How can I have a son when I am very old, and my wife is barren?" Allah said: "Thus Allah does what He wills."

He said, “My Lord, how will I have a son, when old age has overtaken me, and my wife is barren?” He said, “Even so, God does whatever He wills.”