Surah Maryam Ayat 5-6 Translation Tafseer

Para 16 - قَالَ اَلَمْ

سورة مريم

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

19.5-6

وَ اِنِّیْ خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِیَ مِنْ وَّرَآءِیْ وَ كَانَتِ امْرَاَتِیْ عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِیْ مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ وَلِیًّاۙ (5) یَّرِثُنِیْ وَ یَرِثُ مِنْ اٰلِ یَعْقُوْبَ ﳓ وَ اجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِیًّا(6)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

And I fear my relatives after me, and my wife is barren, so grant me an heir from Your Court[1] who will be my successor, and the heir of the descendants of Yaʿqūb;[1] and make him accepted (in your Court).”

Commentary

[1]

Prophet Zakariyyā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام was worried about the mischief of his paternal cousins, lest they corrupt the religion after him, and not serve the religion in the correct manner. This is why he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام supplicated for a righteous son to come forth from his progeny, so that he may preserve the teachings of the religion after him.

[2]

Here, inheritance refers to knowledge, not wealth. It is stated in a Hadith: “The Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـسَّـلَام do not leave behind dinars or dirhams, but only knowledge, and the one who acquired knowledge attained a full share.” (Sunan Al-Tirmidhī: 2691)