Quran 3:38 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There and then Zachariah prayed to his Lord, saying, ‘Lord, from Your grace grant me virtuous offspring: You hear every prayer.’
هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُ ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ
hunālika daʿā zakariyyā rabbahu qāla rabbi hab lī min ladunka dhurriyyatan ṭayyibatan innaka samīʿu l-duʿāi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then Zachariah prayed to his Lord saying, 'Lord, give me of Thy goodness a goodly offspring. Yea, Thou hearest prayer.'
- Muhammad Asad
- In that self-same place, Zachariah prayed unto his Sustainer, saying: "O my Sustainer! Bestow upon me [too], out of Thy grace, the gift of goodly offspring; for Thou, indeed, hearest all prayer."
- Sahih International
- At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هُنَالِكَhunālika | There only | — |
| 2 | دَعَاdaʿā | invoked | دعو |
| 3 | زَكَرِيَّاzakariyyā | Zakariya | — |
| 4 | رَبَّهُۥ ۖrabbahu | his Lord | ربب |
| 5 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 6 | رَبِّrabbi | My Lord | ربب |
| 7 | هَبْhab | grant | وهب |
| 8 | لِىlī | [for] me | — |
| 9 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 10 | لَّدُنكَladunka | Yourself | لدن |
| 11 | ذُرِّيَّةًۭdhurriyyatan | offspring | ذرر |
| 12 | طَيِّبَةً ۖṭayyibatan | pure | طيب |
| 13 | إِنَّكَinnaka | Indeed, You | — |
| 14 | سَمِيعُsamīʿu | (are) All-Hearer | سمع |
| 15 | ٱلدُّعَآءِl-duʿāi | (of) the prayer | دعو |