Zakariyyā عليه السلام · trying for a child
Grant me goodly offspring
- Source
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Sūrat Aal-i-Imraan
3:38 - Extent
- Excerpt within the āyah, shown in full ink against dimmed framing.
- Text
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هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۥ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةًۭ طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ
Rabbi hab lī min ladunka dhurriyyatan ṭayyibatan ʾinnaka samīʿu ad-duʿāʾi
When and why it was said
In the Qur’an (3:38), Zakariya asks Allah for good offspring.
Qurʾān 3:38
Commentary — Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
Then when Zachariah had seen this and realised that the One with power to bring something about in other than its natural time is able to bring about a child in old age and with those of his family line all deceased Zachariah prayed to his Lord when he entered the sanctuary to pray in the middle of the night saying ‘Lord bestow upon me from You a goodly offspring a righteous son verily You are the Hearer of You are the One Who answers supplication’.
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, al-Maḥallī and al-Suyūṭī. Translated by Feras Hamza. altafsir.com
Reflection
Ask Allah for righteous family and trust His timing.