What is the meaning of the supplication, "My Lord, leave me not solitary, and You are the best of inheritors"?
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The supplication of the Prophet Zakariyya (peace be upon him) was a request for a child after he had grown old, to assist him and succeed him in prophethood and in conveying the command of Allah, out of fear that someone who would not uphold Allah’s religion among them would take charge of the Children of Israel after him. And his saying: (And You are the best of inheritors) referred the matter back to Allah. And Allah answered him and bestowed upon him Yahya (peace be upon him).
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