Mufti Menk – The Story of Prophet Zakariya AS and Maryam AS
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The speaker discusses the use of zams entrepreneurship in the past, including a woman named Mary, who used to pray to Allah to bless her with a girl child. The speaker also talks about a woman named Mariam who used to pray to Allah to give her a child, but was later informed that she had a son by a man named Zmys determined to give her a child to protect herself from rumors. The speaker emphasizes that everything is possible and impossible, but the way he uses zams is not impossible.
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You know, the wife of Imran, this surah
is named after the family of Imran.
So the wife of Imran was the mother
of Mary, the Virgin Mary who was the
mother of Jesus Christ or Isa Alaihi Salam,
may peace be upon him. So Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala says the mother of Mary
used to pray to Allah to say, Oh
Allah, if you bless me with
offspring, I will actually sacrifice this offspring for
your cause.
And Allah blessed her with
a girl child. SubhanAllah.
A girl child. Now many times people want
to have boys,
some want to have girls. Allah says, you
know what? It's in me. It's in my
hands. It's up to me what I'm going
to do. Allah blessed her with the girl.
That girl was Mariam. Something unique used to
happen to Mariam, Mary, the mother of Jesus,
may peace be upon them both.
Something amazing used to happen.
Zakaria
used to take care of her
and she was in her own space or
place of worship
and every time she was in that place
of worship when Zakariya used to go there,
he used to find with her some food.
Where did you get this food from? It
was fruit. What type of fruit? Fruit that
was out of season. SubhanAllah.
It's not even a seasonal fruit. So who
brought it for you? It couldn't have been
a human being. So every time Zakaria went
to this place of worship
to see Mary, Mariam,
as she grew older and she was young,
he saw fruit with her that was amazing.
Strange. So he asked her, where did you
get this from? Verse number
38, she says,
It is from Allah. Allah gives whomsoever He
wishes without account.
So when you pray to Allah, He gives
you that which people consider impossible. That's what
Zakariya learned immediately.
If I were to pray to Allah, Allah
will give me something that others might consider
impossible.
Your faith
will carry you during times of crisis. My
beloved brothers and sisters, your faith keeps supplicating
and have conviction in Allah. He is the
one.
If he granted fruit and vegetable to Mary
or some types of food to Mary, the
mother of Jesus,
when she prayed and she was close to
him. Do you think he cannot create a
miracle for you and I? Look at Zakaria.
He immediately saw that and he knew he
doesn't have offspring, male offspring to carry his
lineage. So, Huna'lika daa zakariyahrabah.
The next verse Allah says
in verse number
38, Allah says at that juncture, Zakariya immediately
called out to Allah. He says, oh, my
Lord,
I want progeny. I need you to give
me progeny.
You know, children who will carry my name
and continue with the goodness for indeed you
hear the prayer.
Oh my Lord, grant me progeny
from you,
good pure progeny for indeed you, you hear
all the prayers. He was inspired by Mary,
Mariam, may peace be upon her. He knew
he was old. His wife was barren and
at the same time he wanted a child.
So he called out to Allah. The angels
called
Zakariyah
and informed him that, you know what? Good
news. Allah is going to bless you with
a child called Yahya,
John,
SubhanAllah,
may peace be upon them all.
Imagine
he now didn't know what to do because
his wife was old, she was barren and
at the same time he
is calling out to Allah and Allah has
given it to him and Allah says your
wife is expecting. Woah, what am I going
to do? How am I going to face
the people? I'm so old. SubhanAllah.
But
the point I've learned here is look at
how he was inspired by Mary who called
out to Allah, may peace be upon her,
and look at how he's calling out to
Allah and now he's gotten something that
others would have considered impossible. So there is
nothing impossible for Allah.
Nothing impossible for Allah. Allah
says, oh Zakariyah,
we are
giving you good news of a child. He
immediately says, how will I face my people?
Give me a sign.
SubhanAllah.
There was a crisis.
What was the crisis? The crisis was, yes,
he they were given the goodness, but now
facing people sometimes is a crisis. A person
goes through some hardship. A person has made
some money sometimes, people will start spreading rumors.
How do I protect myself from those rumors?
So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala revealed amazing verses
to teach him what to do.