رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا يَرِثُنِي وَيَرِثُ مِنْ آلِ يَعْقُوبَ وَاجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا
Rabbi hab li min ladunka waliyyan yarithuni wa yarithu min ali Ya'qub, waj'alhu Rabbi radiyya
My Lord, grant me from Yourself an heir who will inherit from me and from the family of Ya'qub. And make him, my Lord, pleasing to You.
Zakariyya's (AS) more detailed du'a for a son. He did not just want any child — he wanted one who would inherit the prophetic legacy of the family of Ya'qub (AS). And the final request: "make him pleasing to You" — not pleasing to me, not successful by worldly standards, but radiyya — someone Allah is pleased with. The highest aspiration a parent can have for their child.
Related Du'as
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِي أَهْلِي وَبَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِيَّ وَارْزُقْنِي خَيْرَهُمْ وَارْزُقْهُمْ خَيْرِي
O Allah, bless me through my family and bless them through me. Grant me the best of them and grant them the best of me.
Atharرَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ
Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself. Indeed, You are the Bestower.
Sahihرَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ
My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and from my descendants. Our Lord, accept my supplication. Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers on the Day the account is established.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ مِنْهُ نَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا اسْتَعَاذَ مِنْهُ نَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
O Allah, I ask You for the good that Your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ asked You for, and I seek refuge from the evil that Your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ sought refuge from.
Hasan