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quran:19:5 –

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

And truly I fear my kinsfolk, namely, those who will succeed me ˹as closest after me˺ in kinship, such as ˹my˺ paternal cousins, after me, that is, after my death, ˹I fear˺ for the religion, lest they forsake it, as You have witnessed in the case of the Children of Israel, in the way that they changed ˹their˺ religion, and my wife is barren, she does not conceive. So grant me from Yourself a successor, a son,

القرآن:١٩:٥ –

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

{وإني خفت الموالي} أي الذين يلوني في النسب كبني العم {من ورائي} أي بعد موتي على الدين أن يُضيعوه كما شاهدته في بني إسرائيل من تبديل الدين {وكانت امرأتي عاقرا} لا تلد {فهب لي من لدنك} من عندك {وليا} ابنا.

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