وَزَكَرِيَّآ
إِذۡ
نَادَىٰ
رَبَّهُۥ
رَبِّ
لَا
تَذَرۡنِي
فَرۡدٗا
وَأَنتَ
خَيۡرُ
ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ
٨٩
And Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not childless, though Thou art the Best of inheritors.
— M. Pickthall
And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."
— Saheeh International
And (remember) Zakariya, when he cried to his Lord: "O my Lord! leave me not without offspring, though thou art the best of inheritors."
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Zakariyya and Yahya
Allah tells us of His servant Zakariyya, who asked Allah to grant him a son who would be a Prophet after him. The story has already been given in detail at the beginning of Surah Maryam and also in Surah `Imran. Here an abbreviated version is given.
إِذْ نَادَى رَبَّهُ
(when he crie
…Zakariyya and Yahya
Allah tells us of His servant Zakariyya, who asked Allah to grant him a son who would be a Prophet after him. The story has already
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