Our Lord! make not our hearts to deviate after Thou hast guided us aright, and grant us from Thee mercy; surely Thou art the most liberal Giver.

There did Zakariya pray to his Lord; he said: My Lord! grant me from Thee good offspring; surely Thou art the Hearer of prayer.

Praise be to Allah, Who has given me in old age Ismail and Ishaq; most surely my Lord is the Hearer of prayer:

He said: I am only a messenger of your Lord: That I will give you a pure boy.

And they who say: O our Lord! grant us in our wives and our offspring the joy of our eyes, and make us guides to those who guard (against evil).

So I fled from you when I feared you, then my Lord granted me wisdom and made me of the messengers;

My Lord: Grant me wisdom, and join me with the good

My Lord! grant me of the doers of good deeds.

Or is it that they have the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the Mighty, the great Giver?

He said: My Lord! do Thou forgive me and grant me a kingdom which is not fit for (being inherited by) anyone after me;