رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ (100)
(37:100) Lord, grant me a righteous son.' *56
*56) This prayer by itself shows that the Prophet Abraham at that time was childless. From the details given at other places in the Qur'an, it becomes clear that he had left his country with only one wife and one nephew (the Prophet Lot). Therefore, he naturally desired that Allah should bless him with a righteous child, who could be a source of comfort and consolation for him in a foreign land.