The Holy Quran 19:5 — Surah Maryam

Arabic text

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

Translation

"I fear for my relatives after me (I fear that they may forsake the Deen after I die). My wife is barren (unable to bear children), so grant me an heir (a son to help me in propagating the Deen)..."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Fear concerning his relatives: his kinsmen and relatives must have been unworthy. He feared that after him those people, by their evil deeds and wrongdoing, would corrupt the righteous path, and by their mischief and insolence would squander the religious and spiritual wealth which, passing down through the family of Ya'qub ﵇, had reached Zakariyya ﵇.

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