Surah Maryam (مريم) • Mary

Quran 19:5

19:5

وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا

wa-innī khif'tu l-mawāliya min warāī wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran fahab lī min ladunka waliyyan

And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

— Saheeh International

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––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And verily I fear my relatives after me, and my wife is barren. So give me from Yourself an heir.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 16Page 305meccan

Word by Word

وَإِنِّىwa-innīAnd indeed, I
خِفْتُkhif'tu[I] fear
ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَl-mawāliyathe successors
مِنminafter me
وَرَآءِىwarāīafter me
وَكَانَتِwakānatiand is
ٱمْرَأَتِىim'ra-atīmy wife
عَاقِرًۭاʿāqiranbarren
فَهَبْfahabSo give
لِىlī[to] me
مِنminfrom
لَّدُنكَladunkaYourself
وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyanan heir