He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled807 with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., disappointed].
Notes
[807] Literally, "ignited." The spread of white hair throughout the head is likened to that of fire in the bush.
Verse 4 of Surah Maryam (19:4), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 305 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.
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Al-Mukhtasar
He said: “My Lord, indeed my bones have become weak, the white hairs on my head have increased, and I was not unsuccessful in my supplicating You. In fact, every time I supplicated You, You accepted.
He said, “My Lord, my bones have grown feeble, and gray hair has spread across my head,2 yet never have I been disappointed in my prayer to You, my Lord.
Notes
[2] Lit., "ignited." The spread of white hair across the head is likened to igniting of fire in the bush.
He said: "My Lord! Indeed my bones have grown feeble, and grey hair has spread on my head, And I have never been unblest in my invocation to You, O my Lord!
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.
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!
He said: My Lord! surely my bones are weakened and my head flares with hoariness, and, my Lord! I have never been unsuccessful in my prayer to Thee:
He said, "Lord! Surely the bone (s) within me have become feeble, and my head is turned white with hoary (hair) (Literally: is aflame with hoary "hair") and I have not been wretched in invoking you, Lord!
