Quran 19:5 — Maryam, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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––
وَإِنِّي خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِيَ مِنْ وَرَائِي وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِيًّا
wa-innī khif'tu l-mawāliya min warāī wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran fahab lī min ladunka waliyyan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And now I fear my kinsfolk after I am gone; and my wife is barren. So give me, from Thee, a kinsman
- Muhammad Asad
- "Now, behold, I am afraid of [what] my kinsfolk [will do] after I am gone, for my wife has always been barren. Bestow, then, upon me, out of Thy grace, the gift of a successor
- Sahih International
- And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنِّىwa-innī | And indeed, I | — |
| 2 | خِفْتُkhif'tu | [I] fear | خوف |
| 3 | ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَl-mawāliya | the successors | ولي |
| 4 | مِنmin | after me | — |
| 5 | وَرَآءِىwarāī | after me | وري |
| 6 | وَكَانَتِwakānati | and is | كون |
| 7 | ٱمْرَأَتِىim'ra-atī | my wife | مرأ |
| 8 | عَاقِرًۭاʿāqiran | barren | عقر |
| 9 | فَهَبْfahab | So give | وهب |
| 10 | لِىlī | [to] me | — |
| 11 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 12 | لَّدُنكَladunka | Yourself | لدن |
| 13 | وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyan | an heir | ولي |