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without any apparent means is surely able to restore my wife and grant me a child despite my old age.” So he hoped for a child, for the members of his household had died out, and Zechariah had grown old and despaired of having a child.
مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبَبٍ لَقَادِرٌ عَلَى أَنْ يُصْلِحَ زَوْجَتِي وَيَهَبَ لِي وَلَدًا فِي غَيْرِ حِينِهِ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ فَطَمِعَ فِي الْوَلَدِ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ كَانُوا قَدِ انْقَرَضُوا وَكَانَ زَكَرِيَّا قَدْ شَاخَ وَأَيِسَ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ.