Surah Maryam 19:9

His amazement after the acceptance of His Supplication

Zakariyya was amazed when his supplication was answered and he was given the good news of a son. He became extremely overjoyed and asked how this child would be born to him, and in what manner he would come. This was particularly amazing because his wife was an old woman who was barren and had not given birth to any children in her entire life. Even Zakariyya himself had become old and advanced in years, his bones had become feeble and thin, and he had no potent semen or vigor for sexual intercourse. The Answer of the Angel

(He said:) That is, the angel, in his response to Zakariyya and his was amazement.

("Thus says your Lord: `It is easy for Me..."') Meaning the birth of the son will be from you and from this wife of yours and not from any other (woman).

(easy) Meaning, it is simple and easy for Allah to do. Then he (the angel) mentioned to him that which is more amazing than what he was asking about. The angel said that the Lord said,

(Certainly I have created you before, when you had been nothing!) This is similar to Allah's statement,

(Has there not been over man a period of time, when he was not a thing worth mentioning) 76:1

Ayat menjelaskan bahwa Zakariya akan dianugerahi seorang putra, walaupun ia sudah sangat tua dan istrinya mandul. Hal itu adalah mudah bagi Tuhan. Kalau Allah mampu menciptakan Adam dari yang tidak ada sama sekali kemudian menjadi ada, maka menciptakan seorang anak dari yang ada, yaitu Zakaria dan istrinya adalah lebih mudah bagi Allah. Beberapa firman Allah berikut ini menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada kesulitan sedikitpun bagi Allah untuk menciptakan segala yang dikehendaki-Nya antara lain yaitu :

Tidakkah engkau tahu bahwa Allah mengetahui apa yang di langit dan di bumi? Sungguh, yang demikian itu sudah terdapat dalam sebuah Kitab (Lauh Mahfudz). Sesungguhnya yang demikian itu sangat mudah bagi Allah. (al-hajj/22: 70)

Dan firman Allah :

Dan apakah mereka tidak memperhatikan bagaimana Allah memulai penciptaan (makhluk), kemudian Dia mengulanginya (kembali). Sungguh, yang demikian itu mudah bagi Allah. (al-'Ankabut/29: 19)