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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Anbya 21:89

Word by word

وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

واذكر - أيها الرسول - قصة عبد الله زكريا حين دعا ربه أن يرزقه الذرية لما كَبِرت سنُّه قائلا رب لا تتركني وحيدًا لا عقب لي، هب لي وارثًا يقوم بأمر الدين في الناس من بعدي، وأنت خير الباقين وخير مَن خلفني بخير.

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