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Maryam 5

Ayah 5 of 98 · Meccan

وَإِنِّي خِفۡتُ ٱلۡمَوَٰلِيَ مِن وَرَآءِي وَكَانَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتِي عَاقِرٗا فَهَبۡ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيّٗا ٥

And indeed, I fear the successors1 after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Those relatives from the father's side who would inherit religious authority.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنِّيAnd indeed, Iwa-innī
  2. خِفۡتُ[I] fearkhif'tu
  3. ٱلۡمَوَٰلِيَthe successorsl-mawāliya
  4. مِنafter memin
  5. وَرَآءِيafter mewarāī
  6. وَكَانَتِand iswakānati
  7. ٱمۡرَأَتِيmy wifeim'ra-atī
  8. عَاقِرٗاbarrenʿāqiran
  9. فَهَبۡSo givefahab
  10. لِي[to] melī
  11. مِنfrommin
  12. لَّدُنكَYourselfladunka
  13. وَلِيّٗاan heirwaliyyan

Tafsir

And I feared that my relatives will not be able to fulfil the rights of the religion after my death, due to their engrossment in the worldly life. And my wife is barren, so grant me from Yourself a child to help me.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran