وَإِنِّي خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِيَ مِنْ وَرَاءِي وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِيًّا

Word by Word (2021) Translation

And indeed, I [I] fear the successors from after me, and is my wife barren. So give [to] me from Yourself an heir

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Muhammad Asad

"Now, behold, I am afraid of [what] my kinsfolk [will do] after I am gone, for my wife has always been barren. Bestow, then, upon me, out of Thy grace, the gift of a successo

Arthur John Arberry

And now I fear my kinsfolk after I am gone; and my wife is barren. So give me, from Thee, a kinsman

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

"Now I fear (what) my relatives (and colleagues) (will do) after me: but my wife is barren: so give me an heir as from Thyself,

Arabic

وَإِنِّی خِفۡتُ ٱلۡمَوَ ٰلِیَ مِن وَرَاۤءِی وَكَانَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتِی عَاقِرࣰا فَهَبۡ لِی مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِیࣰّا ۝٥

Transliteration (2021)

wa-innī khif'tu l-mawāliya min warāī wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran fahab lī min ladunka waliyya

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