The Virgin Mary’s Birth

 

Arrangement of Fostering to Mary (L-384)

فَتَقَبَّلَها رَبُّها بِقَبولٍ حَسَنٍ وَأَنبَتَها نَباتًا حَسَنًا وَكَفَّلَها زَكَرِيّا ۖ كُلَّما دَخَلَ عَلَيها زَكَرِيَّا المِحرابَ وَجَدَ عِندَها رِزقًا ۖ قالَ يا مَريَمُ أَنّىٰ لَكِ هٰذا ۖ قالَت هُوَ مِن عِندِ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرزُقُ مَن يَشاءُ بِغَيرِ حِسابٍ37.

37.  Fata-qabbalahaa  Rabbuhaa bi-qabuulin  hasaninw-wa  ‘am- batahaa  nabaatan  hasananw- wa  kaffalahaa  Zakariyyaa.  Kullamaa  dakhala  ‘alayhaa  Zakariyyal-  Mihraaba,  wajada  ‘indahaa  rizqaa.  Qaala  yaa- Maryamu  ‘annaa  laki  haazaa.  Qaalat   huwa  min  ‘inDillaah.  ‘InnAllaaha  yarzuqu  many-yashaaa-‘u   bi-gayri  hisaab.

37.  Her Lord accepted her with a gracious reception, and brought her a beautiful upbringing, and entrusted her to the care of Zechariah. Whenever Zechariah entered upon her in the sanctuary, he found her with provision. He said, “O Mary, where did you get this from?” She said, “It is from God; God provides to whom He wills without reckoning.”

Zakariyyaa – {Zachariah (Peace be upon him)} was a Prophet of God. He was husband of the mother’s sister of Mary (maternal uncle}. After the death of Imran, (the father of Mary), Zachariah (Peace be upon him) became chieftain of the folk.

‘Al-  Mihraaba – (the sanctuary), an asylum, a separate place for somebody’s living alone for worship. Mihraab of Masjid (Mosque) is also called by this name because Imam (the spiritual leader) stands alone in front of all the people separately as their leader for offering congregational prayer.

Although female was not accepted to attend the temple (Haikal), however God accepted the prayer of Mary’s mother and put this matter in the hearts of the attendants of the Temple of Jerusalem (Bait ul Muqaddas) that they should accept this girl contrary to common rules. When dissention arose among the attendants of the Haikal (the Temple) about Mary’s sustenance, then a cast was drawn and the cast came out in the name of Zachariah (Peace be upon him).

God caused Mary (Peace be upon her) to grow unusually respecting spiritual, literary, corporeal and moral. Zachariah (Peace be upon him) became her guardian. He tried his best in her training. When Mary rose a little, a separate sanctuary was specified near the place of worship for her living. Mary (Peace be upon her) used to remain there busy in worship.

Zachariah (Peace be upon him) used to come there many times daily. Whenever he went there, he used to see in the sanctuary different kinds of food and fruit, and was perplexed that by whom such things were being delivered to Mary. Therefore, he asked Mary, “O Mary! Who gives this food to you? She answered: It is from God. God gives without stint to whom He wills by means of the unknown sources about which nobody can think. 

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