A mention of the mercy of thy Lord
unto His servant Zakhariyyah—when
he cried unto his Lord a cry in secret, saying, “My Lord! Lo! The bones of me wax feeble and my head is shining with grey hair, and I have never been unblest in prayer to Thee, my
Lord. Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is
barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor who shall
inherit of me and inhereit of the house of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, acceptable (unto Thee).”
(Maryam:2-6)