Sourate Al-Anbiyaa · سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْۣبِيَآءِ · Juz 17
Q 21:90
فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُۥ زَوْجَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا خَـٰشِعِينَ
Traductions
Nous l'exauçâmes, lui donnâmes Yahya et guérîmes son épouse. Ils concouraient au bien et Nous invoquaient par amour et par crainte. Et ils étaient humbles devant Nous.So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.Tafsir
Nous exauçâmes également son invocation. Nous lui avons donné ainsi comme fils Jean-Baptiste et avons guéri son épouse qui n’enfantait pas. Zacharie, son épouse et leur fils étaient des gens qui s’empressaient de faire le bien et qui Nous invoquaient en espérant gagner Notre récompense et en craignant de subir Notre punition. De plus, ils Nous imploraient avec humilité.
Lire Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abrégé, en anglais))
And (remember) Zakariyya, when he cried to his Lord: "O My Lord! Leave me not single (childless), though You are the Best of the inheritors. (89)So We answered his call, and We bestowed upon him Yahya, and cured his wife for him. Verily, they used to hasten on to do good deeds, and they used to call on Us with hope and fear, and they were Khashi'in before Us (90)
Zakariyya and Yahya
Allah tells us of His servant Zakariyya, who asked Allah to grant him a son who would be a Prophet after him. The story has already been given in detail at the beginning of Surah Maryam and also in Surah 'Imran. Here an abbreviated version is given.
إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ
(when he cried to his Lord) means, in secret, hiding it from his people.
رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا
(O My Lord! Leave me not single,) means, with no child and no heir to stand among the people after me.
وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ
(though You are the Best of the inheritors.) This is a supplication and form of praise befitting the topic. Allah says:
فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُ
(So We answered his call, and We bestowed upon him Yahya, and cured his wife for him.) Ibn 'Abbas, Mujahid and Sa'id bin Jubayr said: "She was barren and never had a child, then she gave birth."
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ
(Verily, they used to hasten on to do good deeds,) means, acts of worship and acts of obedience towards Allah.
وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا
(and they used to call on Us with hope and fear,) Ath-Thawri said, "Hoping for that (reward) which is with Us and fearing that (punishment) which is with Us."
وَكَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِعِينَ
(and they were Khashi'in before Us.) 'Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn 'Abbas that this means, sincerely believing in that which was revealed by Allah. Mujahid said: "Truly believing." Abu Al-'Aliyah said: "Fearing." Abu Sinan said: "Khushu' means the fear which should never leave our hearts." It was also reported from Mujahid that the Khashi'in are those who are humble." Al-Hasan, Qatadah and Ad-Dahhak said, "The Khashi'in are those who humble themselves before Allah." All of these suggestions are close in meaning.
Texte arabe : Tanzil (uthmani). Traductions : Muhammad Hamidullah (fr), Sahih International (en). tanzil.net