ذِكرُ رَحمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبدَهُ زَكَرِيّا
This is a mention of your Lord’s mercy towards His servant Zechariah.
إِذ نادىٰ رَبَّهُ نِداءً خَفِيًّا
When he silently invoked his Lord in a private prayer.
قالَ رَبِّ إِنّي وَهَنَ العَظمُ مِنّي وَاشتَعَلَ الرَّأسُ شَيبًا وَلَم أَكُن بِدُعائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا
He said, “My Lord, my bones have grown frail, and my head is aflame with white hair. Yet, my Lord, I have never been unhappy in my prayer to You.
وَإِنّي خِفتُ المَوالِيَ مِن وَرائي وَكانَتِ امرَأَتي عاقِرًا فَهَب لي مِن لَدُنكَ وَلِيًّا
And I fear the successors after me, and my wife is barren, so grant me from Yourself an heir.
يَرِثُني وَيَرِثُ مِن آلِ يَعقوبَ ۖ وَاجعَلهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا
Who will inherit from me and the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing.”