هُنَالِكَ
دَعَا
زَكَرِيَّا
رَبَّهُۥۖ
قَالَ
رَبِّ
هَبۡ
لِي
مِن
لَّدُنكَ
ذُرِّيَّةٗ
طَيِّبَةًۖ
إِنَّكَ
سَمِيعُ
ٱلدُّعَآءِ
٣٨
At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."
— Saheeh International
Then and there Zachariah prayed to his Lord, saying, “My Lord! Grant me—by your grace—righteous offspring. You are certainly the Hearer of ˹all˺ prayers.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Supplication of Zakariyya, and the Good News of Yahya's Birth
When 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
…The Supplication of Zakariyya, and the Good News of Yahya's Birth
When Zakariyya saw that Allah provided sustenance for Maryam by giving her the fruits
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