The messenger of Allah peace be upon him said: I do not eat while reclining. 
There are moments in life when the heart quietly slips into thinking that certain things are simply beyond reach. A door feels permanently closed. A prayer feels too delayed. A situation seems too tangled to ever be resolved. In those moments, the Qur’an gently redirects us to stories that remind us of who Allah is — and what He can do.
Surah Maryam opens with the intimate, trembling voice of Prophet Zakariyyah. Old in age, his hair white, his wife unable to bear children, he still turns to Allah with a whisper of hope. He doesn’t demand. He doesn’t insist. He simply asks, knowing that even the faintest prayer is heard by the One who never forgets His servants.
When the angels bring him the news of a child — Yahyā — Zakariyyah is stunned. Not doubtful, but overwhelmed. He asks again and again how such a thing could happen. His heart is witnessing a miracle that defies every law of nature he has known. Yet Allah reminds him that His power is not bound by human limits.
Then the surah shifts to Maryam, a young woman of purity and devotion. She is told of something even more incomprehensible — a child without a father. No logic, no precedent, no human explanation could make sense of it. Her heart trembles, and she seeks refuge from what she cannot understand.
But the message is the same.
What is impossible for creation is never impossible for the Creator.
Across both stories, Allah repeats a single, timeless truth:
إِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُون
“When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.”
These stories are not just historical accounts. They are reminders for every believer who stands before a mountain they cannot move, a door they cannot open, or a future they cannot imagine.
If Allah could give Zakariyyah a child in old age…
If Allah could give Maryam a child without a father…
Then what burden of yours is truly beyond His power?
The same Lord who granted them the unimaginable is the same Lord who watches over you now.
So when your heart feels overwhelmed, whisper the duʿāʾ the Prophet ﷺ taught:
اللَّهُمَّ لَا سَهْلَ إِلَّا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلًا، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلًا
O Allah, nothing is easy except what You make easy, and You can make hardship easy whenever You will.
