# Quran 3:38 — Surah Aali Imran (The Family of Imran), Verse 38

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۥۖ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةٗ طَيِّبَةًۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِیَّا رَبَّهٗ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِیْ مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ ذُرِّیَّةً طَیِّبَةً اِنَّكَ سَمِیْعُ الدُّعَآءِ ۟

## Transliteration
Hunaaalika da'aa Zakariyyaa Rabbahoo qaala Rabbi hab lee mil ladunka zurriyyatan taiyibatan innaka samee'ud du'aaa'

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> There did Zakariya pray to his Lord, saying: "O my Lord! Grant unto me from Thee a progeny that is pure: for Thou art He that heareth prayer!

**Citation:** Quran, Surah Aali Imran 3:38 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

**Topics:** [Duas](https://deen.global/quran/topics/invocations-duas/duas.md)

**Context:** Surah Aali Imran is a medinan surah with 200 ayahs. Full surah: https://deen.global/quran/surah-aali-imran.md
Previous verse: https://deen.global/quran/3/37.md
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