Quranic Duas

Righteous offspring

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Arabic · transliteration · English meaning · source

هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۥ ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةًۭ طَيِّبَةً ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ

hunālika daʿā zakariyyā rabbahu qāla rabbi hab lī min ladunka dhurriyyatan ṭayyibatan innaka samīʿu l-duʿāi

Meaning

At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication

Word by word

  1. هُنَالِكَhunālikaThere only
  2. دَعَاdaʿāinvoked
  3. زَكَرِيَّاzakariyyāZakariya
  4. رَبَّهُۥ ۖrabbahuhis Lord
  5. قَالَqālahe said
  6. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
  7. هَبْhabgrant
  8. لِى[for] me
  9. مِنminfrom
  10. لَّدُنكَladunkaYourself
  11. ذُرِّيَّةًۭdhurriyyatanoffspring
  12. طَيِّبَةً ۖṭayyibatanpure
  13. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, You
  14. سَمِيعُsamīʿu(are) All-Hearer
  15. ٱلدُّعَآءِl-duʿāi(of) the prayer

Reference

Source: Quran 3:38.

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