وَإِنِّي خِفۡتُ ٱلۡمَوَٰلِيَ مِن وَرَآءِي وَكَانَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتِي عَاقِرٗا فَهَبۡ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيّٗا ٥
Wa innī khiftul-mawāliya min warā'ī wakānatimra'atī 'āqiran fahab lī mil ladunka waliyyā
And indeed, I fear the successors808 after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir
Footnotes
808 Those relatives from the father's side who would inherit religious authority.