Tafsir of Maryam 19:4-6

Surah Maryam 19:5

ﱞ ﱟ ﱠ ﱡ ﱢ ﱣ ﱤ ﱥ ﱦ ﱧ ﱨ ﱩ ﱪ

And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

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That is, "I see none among my kinsmen, the family of Abiah, who is religiously and morally sound and capable of carrying on the work of the mission that has been entrusted to me."

4

That is, "I do not pray for a successor to inherit me alone, but a successor who may inherit the good ways of the house of Jacob."