Zechariah in Islam

As he reached his old age, Zakariya began to worry over who would continue the legacy of preaching the message of God after his death and who would carry on the daily services of the temple after him.

[1] He prayed both for himself and for the public – they needed a messenger, a man of God who would work in the service of the Lord after Zakariya.

His dream was to restore the household to the posterity of the Patriarch Jacob, and to make sure the message of God was renewed for Israel.

Surely my bones have become brittle, and grey hair has spread across my head, but I have never been disappointed in my prayer to You, my Lord!

The fact that, of all the priests, it was Zakariya who was given the duty of keeping care of Mary (Maryam) shows his status as a pious man.

Some historians say that as a miracle a tree opened for Zakariya to hide in but a small part of his clothing mistakenly stuck out.