The Quran

سورة مَریَم

Surah Maryam 19:5

Mary · Verse 5 of 98

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

Abdul Mannan Omar

`I fear (for the unrighteousness of) my kinsfolk after me, and my wife is barren. Grant me by Your (special) grace a (pious and righteous) successor,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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,-

Ahmed Ali

But I fear my relatives after me; and my wife is barren. So grant me a successor as a favour from You

12 more translations

Ali Unal

"I have fears about (how) my kinsmen (will act in respect of continuing my mission, and safeguarding the future of Mary), and my wife is barren. So bestow upon me a successor out of Your grace,

Daryabadi

And verily I fear my kindred after me, and my wife hath been barren; so bestow on me from before Thee an heir.

Faridul Haque

"And I fear my relatives after me and my wife is barren therefore bestow upon me from Yourself one who will take up my work."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And I fear my kinsfolk after me, and my wife is barren, so grant me from Thyself an heir

Maulvi Sher Ali

`And I fear my relations after me, and my wife is barren. So grant me from Thyself a successor,

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 successor

Muhammad Musin Khan

And Verily! I fear my relatives after me, since my wife is barren. So give me from Yourself an heir,

Muhammad Pickthall

Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor

Muhammad Sarwar

I am afraid of what my kinsmen will do after (my death) and my wife is barren. Lord, grant me a son

Muhammed ali Shakir

And surely I fear my cousins after me, and my wife is barren, therefore grant me from Thyself an heir,

Rashad Khalifa

I worry about my dependants after me, and my wife has been sterile. Grant me, from You, an heir.

Shabbir Ahmed

“Now I fear what my relatives will do after me. (I am concerned about the heritage of my ancestors such as Jacob.) But my wife is barren. Oh, Give me from Your Presence, a successor.