He prayed to his Lord to grant him a son ‘he cried out to his Lord privately,”. He offered his humbleness and his weakness, and his need for Allah Glory to Him. So he mentioned his physical weakness such as his weak bones and old age and his trust in Allah. And he mentioned his wife’s need for a son.
(Then and there Zachariah prayed to his Lord, saying, “My Lord! Grant me—by your grace—righteous offspring. You are certainly the Hearer of ˹all˺ prayers.”) Al-Imran 3:38
دعا ربه أن يرزقه الولد وقد قال قبل ذلك “ۡ إذ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ ۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيًّ۬ا” و قدم بين دعائه إظهار فقره و حاجته إلى الله عز وجل فذكر ما يدل على ذلك الضعف و هو رقة العظم و كبر السن و ثقته بالله وذكر حاجته للولد و حاجة أمه إليه.
(هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ) آل عمران 3:38
( ذِكۡرُ رَحۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبۡدَهُ ۥ زَڪَرِيَّآ (٢) إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ ۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيًّ۬ا (٣) قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلۡعَظۡمُ مِنِّى وَٱشۡتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأۡسُ شَيۡبً۬ا وَلَمۡ أَڪُنۢ بِدُعَآٮِٕكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّ۬ا (٤)وَإِنِّى خِفۡتُ ٱلۡمَوَٲلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَڪَانَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتِى عَاقِرً۬ا فَهَبۡ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّ۬ا (٥) يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنۡ ءَالِ يَعۡقُوبَۖ وَٱجۡعَلۡهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّ۬ا (٦))
مريم 19: 2-6
(وَزَكَرِيَّا إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ )
الأنبياء 21: 89