19. Merjem · verses 2–4

ذِكۡرُ رَحۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبۡدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآ

Thikru rahmati rabbika AAabdahu zakariyya

(This is) a recital of the Mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zakariya.

إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيّٗا

Ith nada rabbahu nidaan khafiyyan

Behold! he cried to his Lord in secret,

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ ٱلۡعَظۡمُ مِنِّي وَٱشۡتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأۡسُ شَيۡبٗا وَلَمۡ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيّٗا

Qala rabbi innee wahana alAAathmu minnee waishtaAAala alrrasu shayban walam akun biduAAaika rabbi shaqiyyan

Praying: "O my Lord! infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair of my head doth glisten with grey: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, in my prayer to Thee!