Zakariyya (peace be upon him) in old age
Duas of the Prophets
Zakariyya (peace be upon him) in old age
رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنْ بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا
Rabbi inni wahana-l-'azmu minni washta'ala-r-ra'su shayban wa lam akun bi-du'a'ika Rabbi shaqiyya.
My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., left unanswered].
Plain text (no diacritics)
رب إني وهن العظم مني واشتعل الرأس شيبا ولم أكن بدعائك رب شقيا
When is it said?
A supplication made by one of the Prophets of Allah. It has no appointed time and may be said in any state — and most fittingly in a situation resembling the one it was said in.
Where it comes in the litany
Dhikr number 25 of 27 in Duas of the Prophets — read in the order they are said.
