19:4

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًۭا وَلَمْ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّۭا ٤

Saheeh International

He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy.

Tafsir of "Ibn Kathir" (English)

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّيHe said:"My Lord! Indeed my bones have grown feeble..."meaning, "I have become weak and feeble in strength."وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًاand gray hair has Ashta`al on my head,means the gray hair has burned into the black hair. The intent is to inform of weakness and old age, and its external and internal traces.Concerning Allah's statement,وَلَمْ أَكُن بِدُعَايِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّاand I have never been unblessed in my invocation to You, O my Lord!This means, "I have not experienced from You except that You would respond to my supplication and that You would never refuse me in whatever I ask of You."Concerning His statement

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