[19].Surah Maryam [Mary]: Ayat 8-9

Ayat 8. [Zakariya (Zachariah)] said: "My Lord! How can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have reached the extreme old age."

Ayat 9. He said: "So (it will be). Your Lord says; It is easy for Me. Certainly I have created you before, when you had been nothing!"

[Tafseer] And so Gabriel called him, saying: (O Zachariah! Lo! We bring you tidings of a son whose name is John) Yahya in Arabic, because he has breathed life (ahya) into his mother's womb; Zakariya. after a little reflection said in his wonder) "So!", i.e."Can it really be so? Can I really have a son in my old age?" The speech following, "Thy Lord saith," etc., will then be that of the angel-messenger. Every man was nothing just before he was created, i.e., his personality was called into being by Allah (Allah have given the same name to none before (him)) We have not given before a son to Zachariah whose name is John; it is also said that this means: there was no one before him whose name was John. Even if there are material processes in forming the body, in accordance with the laws of nature, the real creative force is in Allah. But here there is a subtler meaning. John was the harbinger of Jesus, preparing the way for him: and this sentence also prepares us for the more wonderful birth of Jesus himself: Everything is possible with Allah.

Hazrat Ubadah bin As-Samit (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said, "Whenever a Muslim supplicates Allah, He accepts his supplication or averts any similar kind of trouble from him until he prays for something sinful or something that may break the ties of kinship.'' Upon this someone of the Companions said: "Then we shall supplicate plenty.'' The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Allah is more plentiful (in responding).''

[At-Tirmidhi Hadith # 3573].

Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah Maryam Ayat 09."Your Lord says; It is easy for Me. Certainly I have created you before, when you had been nothing!" We learn from this Hadith that prayer (supplication) is beneficial to us in any case, because Almighty Allah either grants the prayer we make, or if the supplication is not being accepted, He removes some future trouble that was destined for us, or He grants us in full in the Hereafter. A Muslim should never feel shy of praying to Allah. In fact, he should persistently pray because there is no end to His Treasures.