A Qur’an-based profile. Historical dates and later reports are not added without an identified source.
Yahya is announced to Zakariya as a righteous prophet. The Qur’an highlights his wisdom, purity, compassion, piety and dutifulness toward his parents.
Life and mission
Surah Maryam describes the granting of wisdom while he was young and contrasts his character with arrogance and disobedience. The account gives a blessing of peace concerning his birth, death and resurrection. Surah Aal Imran also identifies his prophetic standing in the announcement to Zakariya.
Family and relationships
Zakariya is his father. His mother is mentioned but not named in the Qur’anic birth account. Detailed historical narratives about his death require additional sources and are not narrated in these verses.
Narrative timeline
These stages follow the Qur’anic presentation; they are not a dated historical chronology.
01 — Announcement to Zakariya
02 — Wisdom and instruction in youth
03 — Life characterized by purity, devotion and kindness
Signs and miracles
His birth to aged parents is part of the extraordinary announcement in Zakariya’s story. The Qur’an’s short profile emphasizes his character rather than providing a long public miracle sequence.
Qur’an references
About this profile
This page is an original educational summary of the cited passages. Follow each reference to read the Arabic and the Jalandhry Urdu and Pickthall English translations in context. A concise Qur’anic profile is not a full critical biography or a substitute for a source-by-source study of hadith and history.