Supplication for Having Children: Quranic Supplications 15

During Ramadan 2023, Sheikh Faraz Rabbani gave a series of daily video talks on supplications in the Quran. This series of articles are drawn from those talks and the related eBook. This article is about asking for children. The video series can be viewed here.

رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًۭا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

“My Lord, leave me not destitute of any heir to carry on, and You are the best of inheritors.” [Quran, 21:89]

One of the greatest gifts in life, both as a believer and as a human being, is to be blessed with children. So we ask Allah for this great gift, “Do not leave me without children and You are the best of inheritors.” Why? Because we seek the good in life, but things don‘t always turn out the way we want.

The Best Inheritance

The best inheritance that we can leave behind is our good deeds, our good state, our good conduct, our good faith. Because it is to Allah that we return. All that you sought is fulfilled in eternity after this life. So if you are single and looking to get married, looking to start a family, looking to have your own children, this is a beautiful supplication to make.

If you‘re married and you’ve not had children, you make this supplication. You may have been married for many years. Still you make this supplication, but with contentment and with certitude. Why? Because “the good is in what God chooses” – الخير فيما اختاره الله.

We know that whatever we sought in this life, we will attain it in the next – لَهُمْ مَا يَشَاءُونَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ – “They shall have all that they sought with their Lord.” وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ – “And with us is that which is incomparably greater.” So never feel at loss, but ask Allah for the good with certitude in His response.

Praise be to Allah, Lord of all the worlds.