MARYAM — Ayat 1

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

كهيعص - ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُ زَكَرِيَّآ - إِذْ نَادَى رَبَّهُ نِدَآءً خَفِيّاً - قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْباً وَلَمْ أَكُنْ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيّاً - وَإِنِّي خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِىَ مِن وَرَآئِى وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنْكَ وَلِيّاً - يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ وَاجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيّاً

1. Kaf Ha Ya `Ain Sad. 2. A reminder of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zakariyya. 3. When he called his Lord ﴿with﴾ a call in secret. 4. He said: ”My Lord! Indeed my bones have grown feeble, and gray hair has Ashta`al on my head, and I have never been unblessed in my invocation to You, O my Lord!'' 5. ”And verily, I fear Mawali after me, and my wife is barren. So give me from Yourself an heir.'' 6. ”Who shall inherit me, and inherit (also) the posterity of Ya`qub. And make him, my Lord, one with whom You are well-pleased!'' Concerning Allah's statement,