when he called upon his lord in a low voice he said my lord! surely my bones are weakened and my head flares with hoariness and my lord! i have never been unsuccessful in my prayer to thee and surely i fear my cousins after me and my wife is barren therefore grant me from thyself an heir who should inherit me and inherit from the children of yaqoub and make him my lord one in whom thou art well pleased.
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