The Prophets 21:89

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Arabic English Morphology
And Zakariya Noun
إِذْ idh
when Noun
he called V
(to) his Lord Noun
رَبِّ rabbi
My Lord Noun
لَا
(Do) not Prep
تَذَرْنِى tadharnī
leave me V
alone Noun
وَأَنتَ wa-anta
while You Noun
خَيْرُ khayru
(are) [the] Best Noun
(of) the inheritors Noun

Remember Zachariah, when he cried to his Lord, ‘My Lord, do not leave me childless, though You are the best of heirs.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَزَكَرِیَّاۤ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرۡنِی فَرۡدࣰا وَأَنتَ خَیۡرُ ٱلۡوَ ٰرِثِینَ ۝٨٩

wazakariyyā idh nādā rabbahu rabbi lā tadharnī fardan wa-anta khayru l-wārithīn