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Ali 'Imran 38

Ayah 38 of 200 · Medinan

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."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. هُنَالِكَThere onlyhunālika
  2. دَعَاinvokeddaʿā
  3. زَكَرِيَّاZakariyazakariyyā
  4. رَبَّهُۥۖhis Lordrabbahu
  5. قَالَhe saidqāla
  6. رَبِّMy Lordrabbi
  7. هَبۡgranthab
  8. لِي[for] melī
  9. مِنfrommin
  10. لَّدُنكَYourselfladunka
  11. ذُرِّيَّةٗoffspringdhurriyyatan
  12. طَيِّبَةًۖpureṭayyibatan
  13. إِنَّكَIndeed, Youinnaka
  14. سَمِيعُ(are) All-Hearersamīʿu
  15. ٱلدُّعَآءِ(of) the prayerl-duʿāi

Tafsir

When Zachariah saw the food that Allah was miraculously giving to Mary, he became hopeful that Allah would give him a child despite being very old and his wife being unable to bear children. He said: O Lord, give me a good child. You hear the prayer of the person who prays to You and You know his condition.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran