Mary
19. Maryam
مريم
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قَالَ
رَبِّ
إِنِّي
وَهَنَ
الْعَظْمُ
مِنِّي
وَاشْتَعَلَ
الرَّأْسُ
شَيْبًا
وَلَمْ
أَكُن
بِدُعَائِكَ
رَبِّ
شَقِيًّا
qāla rabbi ʾinnī wahana l-ʿaẓmu minnī wa-shtaʿala r-raʾsu shayban wa-lam ʾakun bi-duʿāʾika 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!
— Abdullah Yusufali
He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed my bones have become feeble, and my head has turned white with age, yet never have I, my Lord, been disappointed in supplicating You!