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Proper noun
يَحْيَىٰ
English TranslationYahya
Frequency5
Surah Maryam (19:7) Quran.com
يَا زَكَرِيَّا إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ اسْمُهُ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا [He was told], "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name." (Sahih International)
Surah Aal-E-Imran (3:39) Quran.com
أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَىٰ مُصَدِّقًا بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَسَيِّدًا وَحَصُورًا So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, "Indeed, Allah gives you good tidings of John, confirming a word from Allah and [who will be] honorable, abstaining [from women], and a prophet from among the righteous." (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Anbiya (21:90) Quran.com
فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُ So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive. (Sahih International)
Surah Maryam (19:12) Quran.com
يَا يَحْيَىٰ خُذِ الْكِتَابَ بِقُوَّةٍ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْحُكْمَ صَبِيًّا [Allah] said, "O John, take the Scripture with determination." And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Anam (6:85) Quran.com
This is the end of the list. يَحْيَىٰ was only mentioned 5 times in the Quran. وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَإِلْيَاسَ كُلٌّ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias - and all were of the righteous. (Sahih International)