Duʿāʾ the Qurʾān teaches · praying for a spouse and children
Comfort of our eyes
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Sūrat Al-Furqaan
25:74 - Extent
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍۢ وَٱجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا
Rabbanā hab lanā min ʾazwājinā wa-dhurriyyātinā qurrata ʾaʿyunin wajʿalnā lilmuttaqīna ʾimāman
English · Marmaduke Pickthall And who say: Our Lord! Vouchsafe us comfort of our wives and of our offspring, and make us patterns for (all) those who ward off (evil).
Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır Ve onlar ki: "Ey Rabbimiz! Bize gözümüzü aydınlatacak eşler ve zürriyetler bağışla ve bizi takva sahiplerine önder kıl" derler.
When and why it was said
From Sūrat Al-Furqaan, 25:74. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
Qurʾān 25:74
Commentary — Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
and those who say ‘Our Lord! Grant us in our spouses and our offspring read plural dhurriyyātinā or singular dhurriyyatinā a joyful sight for us so that we see them obedient to You and make us paragons of virtue for the God-fearing’.
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, al-Maḥallī and al-Suyūṭī. Translated by Feras Hamza. altafsir.com