Verse 19:1 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
1
كۤهیعۤصۤ ١
kaf-ha-ya-ain-sa
Kaf Ha Ya 'Ayn Sa
2
ذِكۡرُ رَحۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبۡدَهُۥ زَكَرِیَّاۤ ٢
dhik'ru raḥmati rabbika ʿabdahu zakariyy
This is an account of your Lord’s grace towards His servant, Zachariah
3
إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَاۤءً خَفِیࣰّا ٣
idh nādā rabbahu nidāan khafiyya
when he called to his Lord secretly, saying
4
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّی وَهَنَ ٱلۡعَظۡمُ مِنِّی وَٱشۡتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأۡسُ شَیۡبࣰا وَلَمۡ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَاۤىِٕكَ رَبِّ شَقِیࣰّا ٤
qāla rabbi innī wahana l-ʿaẓmu minnī wa-ish'taʿala l-rasu shayban walam akun biduʿāika rabbi shaqiyya
‘Lord, my bones have weakened and my hair is ashen grey, but never, Lord, have I ever prayed to You in vain
5
وَإِنِّی خِفۡتُ ٱلۡمَوَ ٰلِیَ مِن وَرَاۤءِی وَكَانَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتِی عَاقِرࣰا فَهَبۡ لِی مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِیࣰّا ٥
wa-innī khif'tu l-mawāliya min warāī wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran fahab lī min ladunka waliyya
I fear [what] my kinsmen [will do] when I am gone, for my wife is barren, so grant me a successor––a gift from You––
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