Surah Al-Furqan, ayah 74: "And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous."" Read it in Arabic with transliteration and the Sahih International translation, with the ayah before and after it, and listen to it recited.
وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا۟ عَلَيْهَا صُمًّۭا وَعُمْيَانًۭا ﴿٧٣﴾
Wallazeena izaa zukkiroo bi Aayaati Rabbihim lam yakhirroo 'alaihaa summanw wa'umyaanaa
And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍۢ وَٱجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا ﴿٧٤﴾
Wallazeena yaqooloona Rabbanaa hab lanaa min azwaajinaa wa zurriyaatinaa qurrata a'yuninw waj 'alnaa lilmuttaqeena Imaamaa
And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous."
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ ٱلْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةًۭ وَسَلَٰمًا ﴿٧٥﴾
Ulaaa'ika yujzawnal ghurfata bimaa sabaroo wa yulaqqawna feehaa tahiyyatanw wa salaamaa
Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace.
Arabic: Tanzil, Uthmani script. English: Sahih International. Audio: EveryAyah. Transliteration is a learning aid; read from the Arabic when you can.
Meaning and lessons
Among the qualities of the servants of the Most Merciful is this dua: "Our Lord, grant us from our spouses and our children comfort for our eyes, and make us leaders of the righteous." Ibn Kathir reports al-Hasan al-Basri's explanation: the believer sees his wife, his brother or his relative obeying Allah, and nothing is more pleasing to his eyes than that.
"Leaders of the righteous" means people others follow in good. Ibn Kathir cites the hadith that a person's good deeds continue after death through a righteous child who prays for him (Sahih Muslim 1631).
Summarised in our own words from Tafsir Ibn Kathir, on Quran 25:74. Translation of the ayah: Sahih International.
You can say this as a dua in your own prayers, in Arabic as above or in your own words.
Ayah 74 of Surah Al-Furqan (الفُرۡقَانِ), "The Criterion", surah 25 of the Quran, a Meccan surah of 77 ayat revealed in Makkah. It is in juz 19 (para 19), hizb 37, on page 366 of the standard Madinah mushaf. People search for it as 25/74, 25 74 or Quran 25 74.
More verses on this theme: Quran verses about marriage, Quran verses about parents.
Questions
And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous." (Sahih International)
Among the qualities of the servants of the Most Merciful is this dua: "Our Lord, grant us from our spouses and our children comfort for our eyes, and make us leaders of the righteous." Ibn Kathir reports al-Hasan al-Basri's explanation: the believer sees his wife, his brother or his relative obeying Allah, and nothing is more pleasing to his eyes than that.
It is in Surah Al-Furqan, surah 25 of the Quran, in juz 19 (para 19), on page 366 of the Madinah mushaf.
The ayah before, 25:73, says: "And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind." The ayah after, 25:75, says: "Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace."