Maryam Verse 5

And I am concerned about ˹the faith of˺ my relatives after me, since my wife is barren. So grant me, by Your grace, an heir,

And I fear my kinsmen after me, and my wife is barren; so grant me from Yourself an heir,

And now I fear my kinsfolk after I am gone; and my wife is barren. So give me, from Thee, a kinsman

I fear [what] my kinsmen [will do] when I am gone, for my wife is barren, so grant me a successor––a gift from You––

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

"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,-

I fear evil from my kinsmen after I am gone; and my wife is barren, so grant me an heir out of Your special grace,

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

“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.”

Indeed I fear my kinsmen, after me, and my wife is barren. So grant me from Yourself an heir

"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,

`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,

And that I, I feared the followers/dependents from behind/beyond me, and my woman (wife) was infertile to grant/present for me from at you a follower/friend .

"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."

Praying, "My Lord! Verily, my bones are weak, and my head shines with grey hair; but I never was unfortunate in my prayers to Thee, my Lord!

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

He said: My Lord, my bones are weakened, and my head flares with hoariness, and I have never been unsuccessful in my prayer to Thee, my Lord.

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

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

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

Indeed, I fear my kinsmen who will succeed me, for my wife is barren. Grant me a kinsman

"And verily, I fear Mawali after me, and my wife is barren. So give me from Yourself an heir."

now I fear my kinsmen when I am gone. [I have no hope of their continuing my mission] for my wife is barren, so grant me a successor from Yourself,

“And I fear for my dependents after me, and my wife is barren. So grant 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,

وَإِنِّي خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِيَ مِن وَرَايِي

And verily, I fear Mawali after me,

Mujahid, Qatadah and As-Suddi, all said,

"In saying the word Mawali, he (Zakariyya) meant his succeeding relatives."

وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا

فَهَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا