(A reminder of the mercy of your Lord) This means that this is a reminder of Allah’s mercy upon His servant Zakariyya. The Story of Zakariyya and His Supplication for a Son The discussion about the separate letters has already preceded at the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah. And make him, my Lord, one with whom You are well-pleased!”) “Who shall inherit me, and inherit (also) the posterity of Ya`qub.
“And verily, I fear Mawali after me, and my wife is barren. He said: “My Lord! Indeed my bones have grown feeble, and gray hair has Ashta`al on my head, and I have never been unblessed in my invocation to You, O my Lord!”) (5. When he called his Lord ﴿with﴾ a call in secret.) (4. A reminder of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zakariyya.) (3.
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The narration mentions that Ja`far bin Abi Talib recited the first part of this Surah to An-Najashi and his companions.
Muhammad bin Ishaq recorded a Hadith of Umm Salamah in his Sirah, and Ahmad bin Hanbal recorded from Ibn Mas`ud, the story of the Hijrah (migration) to Ethiopia from Makkah.
