Surah Maryam, Ayah 5 (19:5)

مَرْيَم

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

Quran 19:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Maryam (“Mary”), a Meccan surah of 98 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 305 of the Madani Mushaf.

19:5
وَإِنِّىخِفْتُٱلْمَوَٰلِىَمِنوَرَآءِىوَكَانَتِٱمْرَأَتِىعَاقِرًافَهَبْلِىمِنلَّدُنكَوَلِيًّا٥
wa-innī khif'tu l-mawāliya min warāī wakānati im'ra-atī ʿāqiran fahab lī min ladunka waliyyan

And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir(5)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنِّىwa-innīAnd indeed, I
  2. خِفْتُkhif'tu[I] fear
  3. ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَl-mawāliyathe successors
  4. مِنminafter me
  5. وَرَآءِىwarāīafter me
  6. وَكَانَتِwakānatiand is
  7. ٱمْرَأَتِىim'ra-atīmy wife
  8. عَاقِرًاʿāqiranbarren
  9. فَهَبْfahabSo give
  10. لِىlī[to] me
  11. مِنminfrom
  12. لَّدُنكَladunkaYourself
  13. وَلِيًّاwaliyyanan heir

Tafsir (commentary) of 19:5

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