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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 38of 200

هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۥ ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةًۭ طَيِّبَةً ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ﴿٣٨

Translation (Sahih International)

At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."

Word-by-word meaning

هُنَالِكَhunālikaThere only
دَعَاdaʿāinvoked
زَكَرِيَّاzakariyyāZakariya
رَبَّهُۥ ۖrabbahuhis Lord
قَالَqālahe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
هَبْhabgrant
لِى[for] me
مِنminfrom
لَّدُنكَladunkaYourself
ذُرِّيَّةًۭdhurriyyatanoffspring
طَيِّبَةً ۖṭayyibatanpure
إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, You
سَمِيعُsamīʿu(are) All-Hearer
ٱلدُّعَآءِl-duʿāi(of) the prayer

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Supplication of Zakariyya, and the Good News of Yahya's BirthWhen Zakariyya saw that Allah provided sustenance for Maryam by giving her the fruits of winter in summer and the fruits of summer in winter, he was eager to have a child of his own. By then, Zakariyya had become an old man, his bones feeble and his head full of gray hair. His wife was an old women who was barren.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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