Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:89

21:89

وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

wazakariyyā idh nādā rabbahu rabbi lā tadharnī fardan wa-anta khayru l-wārithīna

And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."

— Saheeh International

Remember Zachariah, when he cried to his Lord, ‘My Lord, do not leave me childless, though You are the best of heirs.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) Zakariyyâ (Zachariah), when he cried to his Lord: "O My Lord! Leave me not single (childless), though You are the Best of the inheritors."

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

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Word by Word

وَزَكَرِيَّآwazakariyyāAnd Zakariya
إِذْidhwhen
نَادَىٰnādāhe called
رَبَّهُۥrabbahu(to) his Lord
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
لَاlā(Do) not
تَذَرْنِىtadharnīleave me
فَرْدًۭاfardanalone
وَأَنتَwa-antawhile You
خَيْرُkhayru(are) [the] Best
ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَl-wārithīna(of) the inheritors