8قالَ رَبِّ أَنّىٰ يَكونُ لي غُلامٌ وَكانَتِ امرَأَتي عاقِرًا وَقَد بَلَغتُ مِنَ الكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا(Irfan-ul-Quran)(Zakariyya [Zacharias]) submitted: ‘My Lord, how can there be a son to me while my wife is barren, and I have shrivelled (into extreme debility) on account of old age?’