Sura 21 Al-Anbiya (The Prophets), ayah 90
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فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا ۖ وَكَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِعِينَ
Translation by words
- فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا
- So We responded
- لَهُۥ
- to him,
- وَوَهَبْنَا
- and We bestowed
- لَهُۥ
- on him
- يَحْيَىٰ
- Yahya,
- وَأَصْلَحْنَا
- and We cured
- لَهُۥ
- for him
- زَوْجَهُۥٓ
- his wife.
- إِنَّهُمْ
- Indeed, they
- كَانُوا۟
- used (to)
- يُسَٰرِعُونَ
- hasten
- فِى
- in
- ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ
- good deeds,
- وَيَدْعُونَنَا
- and they supplicate to Us
- رَغَبًا
- (in) hope
- وَرَهَبًا
- and fear,
- وَكَانُوا۟
- and they were
- لَنَا
- to Us
- خَٰشِعِينَ
- humbly submissive.
So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
21:90
Translation: Saheeh International