[40]. Allāh has filled man with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship. David built houses for himself and he prepared a place for the mosque of Allāh and pitched a tent for it for giving food for the needy. Allāh made also pliable for him iron. Zakariyya was a carpenter. This also states the virtue of Zakariyya peace be upon him for he would eat through earning a livelihood which Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) termed as ‘the best thing a man can eat. Jesus was labourer. Or one who works with his hands. prophets Moses and Muhammad worked as shepherds. We read from this verse also that Al-Khidr found a wall which was on the point of falling down, so he put it into a right state.
In every profession you choose to work you must be skillful or you cannot excel in life.