Rabbi inni wahana-l-'adhmu minni: a heir in old age
My Lord, my bones have weakened and my head has filled with white, and never have I been disappointed in my supplication to You, my Lord. I fear for those who will succeed me, and my wife has been barren, so grant me from Yourself an heir who will inherit from me and from the family of Ya'qub, and make him, my Lord, pleasing to You.
Zakariyya (AS) called on his Lord privately in his old age, and Allah (SWT) gave him the good news of Yahya (AS). Use it in personal du'a whenever its meaning matches what you are asking Allah (SWT) for. There is no fixed count unless one is established by a cited source.
The Arabic and meaning are paired with Quran 19:4-6. No special promise or count is added without a cited basis.
Qur'an recitation by Mishary Alafasy
Rabbi inni wahana-l-'adhmu minni wa-shta'ala-r-ra'su shayban wa lam akun bi-du'a'ika Rabbi shaqiyya. Wa inni khiftu-l-mawaliya min wara'i wa kanati-mra'ati 'aqiran fa-hab li min ladunka waliyya, yarithuni wa yarithu min ali Ya'qub, wa-j'alhu Rabbi radiyya.
My Lord, my bones have weakened and my head has filled with white, and never have I been disappointed in my supplication to You, my Lord. I fear for those who will succeed me, and my wife has been barren, so grant me from Yourself an heir who will inherit from me and from the family of Ya'qub, and make him, my Lord, pleasing to You.
Zakariyya (AS) called on his Lord privately in his old age, and Allah (SWT) gave him the good news of Yahya (AS).
What does Rabbi inni wahana-l-'adhmu minni: a heir in old age mean?
My Lord, my bones have weakened and my head has filled with white, and never have I been disappointed in my supplication to You, my Lord. I fear for those who will succeed me, and my wife has been barren, so grant me from Yourself an heir who will inherit from me and from the family of Ya'qub, and make him, my Lord, pleasing to You.
When should I recite Rabbi inni wahana-l-'adhmu minni: a heir in old age?
Zakariyya (AS) called on his Lord privately in his old age, and Allah (SWT) gave him the good news of Yahya (AS). Use it in personal du'a whenever its meaning matches what you are asking Allah (SWT) for. There is no fixed count unless one is established by a cited source.
What is the source for Rabbi inni wahana-l-'adhmu minni: a heir in old age?
Quran 19:4-6.