Book Name:Auliya-e-Kiram Ke Barkatain

Out-of-season fruit

Sayyiduna Zakariyyah عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام was blessed with Nubuwat by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, but he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام did not have any child and he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام had gone very weak. He had desired for a son for years and many times he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام had made Du’a to   Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ beseechingly for a son, but he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام had not been blessed with any son yet. When he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام saw the saintly miracle of Sayyidatuna Maryam رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهَا that out-of-season fruits would descend in the Mihrab (arch), at that time, this thought crossed his mind that when Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ blessed Sayyidatuna Maryam (رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهَا) with out-of-season fruits in her Mihrab, He (عَزَّوَجَلَّ) is also capable of blessing me with an out-of-season fruit in the form of a child, though I have become very old and the season to produce the fruit of children have gone.

Therefore, he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام made Du’a in the mihrab of Sayyidatuna Maryam رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهَا and his Du’a was heard. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ blessed him with a son in his old age and Himself named him ‘Yahya’. Further, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ also blessed his son with Nubuwwat (Ajaib-ul-Quran ma’ Gharaib-ul-Quran, pp. 66) This event has been mentioned in the Holy Quran, Ayah 37 to 41 of Surah Al-e-Imran, part 3:

Saintly-miracles of Ashab-e-Kahf رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُم:

Ashab-e-Kahf رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُم are not Nabi, but rather the pious saints of Bani Israel. Their saintly miracle has been mentioned that they kept sleeping in a cave for 309 years. Their act of sleeping for such a long time without eating anything and remaining alive is a saintly miracle. It is stated in Ayah 18 of Surah Kahf, part 15:

وَ تَحْسَبُهُمْ اَیْقَاظًا وَّ هُمْ رُقُوْدٌ ﳓ وَّ نُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْیَمِیْنِ وَ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ ﳓ وَ كَلْبُهُمْ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَیْهِ بِالْوَصِیْدِؕ-

And you may think they are awake, whereas they are asleep; and We turn them over to the right and the left - and their dog is on the threshold of the cave, with its paws outstretched

[Translation of Quran (Kanz-ul-Iman)](Part 15, Surah Al Kahf, Ayah 18)