this is an account of your lords mercy bestowed upon his servant zachariah when he called upon his lord in low tones saying lord my bones have weakened and my head has turned hoary with age but never lord have i been disappointed in my prayer to you now i fear my kinsmen when i am gone. for my wife is barren so grant me a successor from yourself to be my heir and to be the heir of the house of jacob and make him o my lord acceptable to you.
ذكر رحمت ربك عبده زكريا إذ نادى ربه نداء خفيا قال رب إني وهن العظم مني واشتعل الرأس شيبا ولم أكن بدعائك رب شقيا وإني خفت الموالي من ورائي وكانت امرأتي عاقرا فهب لي من لدنك وليا يرثني ويرث من آل يعقوب واجعله رب رضيا