Surah Al-Anbiya' 21:89
ﲠ ﲡ ﲢ ﲣ ﲤ ﲥ ﲦ ﲧ ﲨ ﲩ ﲪ
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."
Tafsir of Al-Anbiya' 21:89
Tafsir
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Verse range: 21:89
Zakariyya and Yahya Allah tells:
وزكريا
And (remember) Zakariyya, Allah tells us of His servant Zakariyya, who asked Allah to grant him a son who would be a Prophet after him. The story has already been given in detail at the beginning of Surah Maryam and also in Surah `Imran. Here an abbreviated version is given.
إذ نادى ربه
when he cried to his Lord, means, in secret, hiding it from his people.
رب ﻻ تذرني فردا
O My Lord! Leave me not single, means, with no child and no heir to stand among the people after me.
وأنت خير الوارثين
though You are the Best of the inheritors. This is a supplication and form of praise befitting the topic