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Al-Anbya 90

Ayah 90 of 112 · Meccan

فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥ يَحۡيَىٰ وَأَصۡلَحۡنَا لَهُۥ زَوۡجَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَيَدۡعُونَنَا رَغَبٗا وَرَهَبٗاۖ وَكَانُواْ لَنَا خَٰشِعِينَ ٩٠

So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate1 Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., worship.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَاSo We respondedfa-is'tajabnā
  2. لَهُۥto himlahu
  3. وَوَهَبۡنَاand We bestowedwawahabnā
  4. لَهُۥon himlahu
  5. يَحۡيَىٰYahyayaḥyā
  6. وَأَصۡلَحۡنَاand We curedwa-aṣlaḥnā
  7. لَهُۥfor himlahu
  8. زَوۡجَهُۥٓۚhis wifezawjahu
  9. إِنَّهُمۡIndeed, theyinnahum
  10. كَانُواْused (to)kānū
  11. يُسَٰرِعُونَhastenyusāriʿūna
  12. فِيinfī
  13. ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِgood deedsl-khayrāti
  14. وَيَدۡعُونَنَاand they supplicate to Uswayadʿūnanā
  15. رَغَبٗا(in) hoperaghaban
  16. وَرَهَبٗاۖand fearwarahaban
  17. وَكَانُواْand they werewakānū
  18. لَنَاto Uslanā
  19. خَٰشِعِينَhumbly submissivekhāshiʿīna

Tafsir

I accepted his prayer for him, and granted him a child in John. In the process, I also cured his wife, who had been barren up until that point. Indeed, Zechariah, his wife and son were quick in doing good deeds, and would call out to Me eager in My reward and fearful of My punishment. They would frequently supplicate to Me.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran