Maryam 19:5
Mary · ayah 5 of 98
وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًۭا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّۭا
Wa-innee khiftu almawaliya min wara-eewakanati imraatee AAaqiran fahab lee min ladunkawaliyya
"And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir"
Saheeh International translation
Recitation by Mishary Alafasy
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"I fear [what] my kinsmen [will do] when I am gone, for my wife is barren, so grant me a successor––a gift from You––"
Pickthall (classic)+
"Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
""Now I fear (what) my relatives (and colleagues) (will do) after me: but my wife is barren: so give me an heir as from Thyself,-"