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Meccan · Surah 19 of 114

Maryam 19:7

Mary · ayah 7 of 98

يَٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّۭا

Ya zakariyya innanubashshiruka bighulamin ismuhu yahya lamnajAAal lahu min qablu samiyya

"[He was told], "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name.""

Saheeh International translation

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"‘Zachariah, We bring you good news of a son whose name will be John––We have chosen this name for no one before him.’"

Pickthall (classic)+

"(It was said unto him): O Zachariah! Lo! We bring thee tidings of a son whose name is John; we have given the same name to none before (him)."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"(His prayer was answered): "O Zakariya! We give thee good news of a son: His name shall be Yahya: on none by that name have We conferred distinction before.""

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

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The acceptance of His Supplication

This statement implies what is not mentioned, that his supplication was answered. It was said to him,

يزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـمٍ اسْمُهُ يَحْيَى

((Allah said:) "O Zakariyya! Verily, We give you the glad tidings of a son, whose name will be Yahya...") Similarly Allah, the Exalted, said;

هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنْكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَآءِ - فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلَـئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّى فِى الْمِحْرَابِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَـى مُصَدِّقاً بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَسَيِّدًا وَحَصُورًا وَنَبِيًّا مِّنَ الصَّـلِحِينَ

(At that time Zakariyya invoked his Lord, saying: "O my Lord! Grant me from You, a good offspring. You are indeed the All-Hearer of invocation." Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in the Mihrab, (saying): "Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya, confirming (believing in) the word from Allah, noble, keeping away from sexual relations with women, a Prophet, from among the righteous.")3:38-39 Allah said,

لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيّاً

(We have given that name to none before (him).) Qatadah, Ibn Jurayj and Ibn Zayd said, "This means that no one had this name before him." Ibn Jarir preferred this interpretation, may Allah have mercy upon him.

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

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Господь принял молитвы Своего пророка и ответил на них. Всевышний Аллах обрадовал его устами ангелов о скором появлении на свет Йахьи. Аллах нарек его именем, которое соответствовало его положению, потому что арабское слово йахья означает ‘жить материальной жизнью’. Но Аллах пожелал проявить к нему особую милость, дабы он прожил прекрасную духовную жизнь, и почтил его откровением, знаниями и религией. Никого прежде Аллах не нарекал этим именем. Согласно одному из толкований, это кораническое выражение означает, что прежде не было равных пророку Йахье. В этом случае ангелы принесли пророку Закарие радостную весть о том, что его сын будет обладать совершенными и достохвальными качествами и превзойдет своих предшественников. Если считать последнее толкование правильным, то исключением из него являются Ибрахим, Муса и Нух и другие пророки, которые превосходили пророка Йахью своими заслугами.
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Maʿārif al-Qur'ān

Mufti Shafi Usmani, English

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لم نجعَل لَّہ مِن قَبلُ سَمِیاً

"We did not create any one before him of the same name." - 19:7.

The word سَمِی means "person having the same name." It also means "similar." If the first meaning is adopted here then it would suggest that no one else had the name Yahya before him. This fact also suggests that he possessed certain special attributes which were not granted to anyone else before him. And if we take the second meaning of the word سَمِی then it will mean that some of his attributes and situations were such that they were peculiar to him and were not shared by any other prophet, and that he was unique in the possession of those special attributes, for instance his self abnegation and denial of worldly comforts (حصُور). However, it does not necessarily follow that he was superior to all the prophets who preceded him, for the superiority of Sayyidna Ibrahim Khalilullah (علیہ السلام) and Sayyidna Musa Kalimullah (علیہ السلام) over him is established and well known. (Mazhari)

Tafsīr sourced from quran.com's open API. These are classical commentaries; for personal rulings consult a qualified scholar.

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