Surah Maryam, ayah 4

19:4

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ ٱلۡعَظۡمُ مِنِّي وَٱشۡتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأۡسُ شَيۡبٗا وَلَمۡ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيّٗا ٤

Qāla rabbi innī wahanal-'azmu minnī washta'alar-ra'su shayban walam akum bidu'ā'ika rabbi shaqiyyā

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].

Footnotes

807 Literally, "ignited." The spread of white hair throughout the head is likened to that of fire in the bush.