Surah Ali 'Imran
Quran 3:38
Read Quran 3:38 from Surah Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 3:38
هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُ ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ٣٨
Then Zachariah prayed unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Bestow upon me of Thy bounty goodly offspring. Lo! Thou art the Hearer of Prayer.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 3. Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)
- Ayah
- 38 of 200
- Revelation
- Medinan (revealed in Medina)
- Reference
- 3:38
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 3:38
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
أي: دعا زكريا عليه السلام ربه أن يرزقه ذرية طيبة، أي: طاهرة الأخلاق، طيبة الآداب، لتكمل النعمة الدينية والدنيوية بهم. فاستجاب له دعاءه.