Quran 21:90 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 90
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We answered him––We gave him John, and cured his wife of barrenness- they were always keen to do good deeds. They called upon Us out of longing and awe, and humbled themselves before Us.
فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا ۖ وَكَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِعِينَ
fa-is'tajabnā lahu wawahabnā lahu yaḥyā wa-aṣlaḥnā lahu zawjahu innahum kānū yusāriʿūna fī l-khayrāti wayadʿūnanā raghaban warahaban wakānū lanā khāshiʿīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So We answered him, and bestowed on him John, and We set his wife right for him; truly they vied with one another, hastening to good works, and called upon Us out of yearning and awe; and they were humble to Us.
- Muhammad Asad
- And so We responded unto him, and bestowed upon him the gift of John, having made his wife fit to bear him a child: [and,] verily, these [three] would vie with one another in doing good works, and would call unto Us in yearning and awe; and they were always humble before Us.
- Sahih International
- So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَٱسْتَجَبْنَاfa-is'tajabnā | So We responded | جوب |
| 2 | لَهُۥlahu | to him | — |
| 3 | وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnā | and We bestowed | وهب |
| 4 | لَهُۥlahu | on him | — |
| 5 | يَحْيَىٰyaḥyā | Yahya | — |
| 6 | وَأَصْلَحْنَاwa-aṣlaḥnā | and We cured | صلح |
| 7 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 8 | زَوْجَهُۥٓ ۚzawjahu | his wife | زوج |
| 9 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | Indeed, they | — |
| 10 | كَانُوا۟kānū | used (to) | كون |
| 11 | يُسَـٰرِعُونَyusāriʿūna | hasten | سرع |
| 12 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 13 | ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِl-khayrāti | good deeds | خير |
| 14 | وَيَدْعُونَنَاwayadʿūnanā | and they supplicate to Us | دعو |
| 15 | رَغَبًۭاraghaban | (in) hope | رغب |
| 16 | وَرَهَبًۭا ۖwarahaban | and fear | رهب |
| 17 | وَكَانُوا۟wakānū | and they were | كون |
| 18 | لَنَاlanā | to Us | — |
| 19 | خَـٰشِعِينَkhāshiʿīna | humbly submissive | خشع |