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وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًۭا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّۭا﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِنِّىwa-innīAnd indeed, I
خِفْتُkhif'tu[I] fear
ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَl-mawāliyathe successors
مِنminafter me
وَرَآءِىwarāīafter me
وَكَانَتِwakānatiand is
ٱمْرَأَتِىim'ra-atīmy wife
عَاقِرًۭاʿāqiranbarren
فَهَبْfahabSo give
لِى[to] me
مِنminfrom
لَّدُنكَladunkaYourself
وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyanan heir

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahMuhammad bin Ishaq recorded a Hadith of Umm Salamah in his Sirah, and Ahmad bin Hanbal recorded from Ibn Mas`ud, the story of the Hijrah (migration) to Ethiopia from Makkah. The narration mentions that Ja`far bin Abi Talib recited the first part of this Surah to An-Najashi and his companions.بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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