So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and (21:90)

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

We responded to him favourably and bestowed on him Yahya ( John), having rendered his wife fruitful. These were people who hastened to doing all that is good, useful, reliable for a purpose, efficient in function and in pursuit of faith, and they invoked Us expressing their due affectionate devotion keeping in awe of Us and hopeful of Our mercy, and they humbled themselves before Us and were indeed submissive to Us alone

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(21:90) So We heard his prayer, and bestowed on him Yahya (John) and made his wife fit. (to bear a child) for him. *86 These people exerted their utmost in righteous deeds and called upon Us with love and fear and they remained humble before Us. *87

So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and meaning

*86) "Made his wife fit": "We cured his wife of sterility." As "Thou alone art the best Inheritor", I shall have no grief even if Thou dost not give the any child. (For further details, please see III:37-41 and XIX: 2-14 and the E.N.'s thereof).
*87) It will be worth while to reiterate the reasons why the stories of the Prophets have been cited in this surah.
(1) The story of Prophet Zacharias has been cited to impress on the minds that all the Prophets were human beings and servants of Allah and had no tinge of Godhead in them. They had no power to bestow children upon others because they themselves had to pray to Allah for children for themselves.
(2) The story of Prophet Jonah has been cited to show that even a great Prophet like him did not go unnoticed when he committed an error in regard to Allah's Message. But when he repented, Allah, by His grace, delivered him alive from the belly of the fish.
(3) The mention of Prophet Job has been made to show that even Prophets were put to hard trials and afflictions and even they had to beg Allah to restore them to health, not to speak of curing others of diseases.
Along with these, the other important thing which is meant to be impressed is that all the Prophets believed in the doctrine of Tauhid. That is why they begged and prayed to One Allah alone to fulfil their needs and requirements. Though they met with trials, Allah helped them and granted their prayers in supernatural and miraculous ways.
 

So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and meaning in Urdu

پس ہم نے اس کی دُعا قبول کی اور اسے یحییٰ عطا کیا اور اس کی بیوی کو اس کے لیے درست کر دیا یہ لوگ نیکی کے کاموں میں دَوڑ دھوپ کرتے تھے اور ہمیں رغبت اور خوف کے ساتھ پکارتے تھے، اور ہمارے آگے جھکے ہوئے تھے