Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:90

21:90

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُۥ زَوْجَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا خَـٰشِعِينَ

fa-is'tajabnā lahu wawahabnā lahu yaḥyā wa-aṣlaḥnā lahu zawjahu innahum kānū yusāriʿūna fī l-khayrāti wayadʿūnanā raghaban warahaban wakānū lanā khāshiʿīna

So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.

— Saheeh International

We answered him––We gave him John, and cured his wife of barrenness- they were always keen to do good deeds. They called upon Us out of longing and awe, and humbled themselves before Us.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So We answered his call, and We bestowed upon him Yahyâ (John), and cured his wife (to bear a child) for him. Verily, they used to hasten on to do good deeds, and they used to call on Us with hope and fear, and used to humble themselves before Us.

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

Juz 17Page 329meccan

Word by Word

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَاfa-is'tajabnāSo We responded
لَهُۥlahuto him
وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāand We bestowed
لَهُۥlahuon him
يَحْيَىٰyaḥyāYahya
وَأَصْلَحْنَاwa-aṣlaḥnāand We cured
لَهُۥlahufor him
زَوْجَهُۥٓۚzawjahuhis wife
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
كَانُوا۟kānūused (to)
يُسَـٰرِعُونَyusāriʿūnahasten
فِىfīin
ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِl-khayrātigood deeds
وَيَدْعُونَنَاwayadʿūnanāand they supplicate to Us
رَغَبًۭاraghaban(in) hope
وَرَهَبًۭاۖwarahabanand fear
وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
لَنَاlanāto Us
خَـٰشِعِينَkhāshiʿīnahumbly submissive