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Al-Anbya 21:91

Word by word

وَٱلَّتِىٓ أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا وَٱبْنَهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity [i.e., Mary], so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

`Isa and Maryam the True Believer

Here Allah mentions the story of Maryam and her son `Isa, just after mentioning Zakariyya and his son Yahya, may peace be upon them all. He mentions the story of Zakariyya first, followed by the story of Maryam because the one is connected to the other. The former is the story of a child being born to an old man of advanced years, from an old woman who had been barren and had never given birth when she was younger. Then Allah mentions the story of Maryam which is even more wondrous, for in this case a child was born from a female without (the involvement of) a male. These stories also appear in Surah Al `Imran and in Surah Maryam. Here Allah mentions the story of Zakariyya and follows it with the story of Maryam, where He says:وَالَّتِى أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا(And she who guarded her chastity,) means, Maryam (peace be upon her). This is like the Ayah in Surah At-Tahrim:وَمَرْيَمَ ابْنَةَ عِمْرَانَ الَّتِى أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِنَا(And Maryam, the daughter of `Imran who guarded her chastity.

And We breathed into it her garment through Our Ruh) 66:12.وَجَعَلْنَـهَا وَابْنَهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلْعَـلَمِينَ(and We made her and her son a sign for the nations. ) means, evidence that Allah is able to do all things and that He creates whatever He wills; verily, His command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, "Be" -- and it is! This is like the Ayah:وَلِنَجْعَلَهُ ءَايَةً لِّلْنَّاسِ(And (We wish) to appoint him as a sign to mankind) 19:21

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

Commentary

This verse directs the Holy Prophet ﷺ to tell his people the story of the pious lady who controlled her passions and then through Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) Allah had breathed His Spirit into her and she gave birth to a son (Sayyidna ` Isa علیہ السلام) who was a symbol of Allah's Divine Power that He can cause babies to be born without a father, and also without both the parents as in the case of Sayyidna 'Adam (علیہ السلام)

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

واذكر - أيها الرسول - قصة مريم بنت عمران التي حفظت فرجها من الحرام، ولم تأتِ فاحشة في حياتها، فأرسل الله إليها جبريل عليه السلام، فنفخ في جيب قميصها، فوصلت النفخة إلى رحمها، فخلق الله بذلك النفخ المسيح عيسى عليه السلام، فحملت به من غير زوج، فكانت هي وابنها بذلك علامة على قدرة الله، وعبرة للخلق إلى قيام الساعة.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

هكذا قرن تعالى قصة مريم وابنها عيسى ، عليه السلام ، بقصة زكريا وابنه يحيى ، عليهما السلام ، فيذكر أولا قصة زكريا ، ثم يتبعها بقصة مريم; لأن تلك موطئة لهذه ، فإنها إيجاد ولد من شيخ كبير قد طعن في السن ، ومن امرأة عجوز عاقر لم تكن تلد في حال شبابها ، ثم يذكر قصة مريم وهي أعجب ، فإنها إيجاد ولد من أنثى بلا ذكر . هكذا وقع في سورة " آل عمران " ، وفي سورة " مريم " ، وهاهنا ذكر قصة زكريا ، ثم أتبعها بقصة مريم ، فقوله : ( والتي أحصنت فرجها ) يعني : مريم ، عليها السلام ، كما قال في سورة التحريم : ( ومريم ابنت عمران التي أحصنت فرجها فنفخنا فيه من روحنا ) [ التحريم : 12 ] .وقوله : ( وجعلناها وابنها آية للعالمين ) أي : دلالة على أن الله على كل شيء قدير ، وأنه يخلق ما يشاء ، و ( إنما أمره إذا أراد شيئا أن يقول له كن فيكون ) [ يس : 82 ] . وهذا كقوله : ( ولنجعله آية للناس ) [ مريم : 21 ] .قال ابن أبي حاتم : حدثنا أبي ، حدثنا عمرو بن علي ، حدثنا أبو عاصم الضحاك بن مخلد عن شبيب - يعني ابن بشر - عن عكرمة ، عن ابن عباس ، في قوله : ( للعالمين ) قال : العالمين : الجن والأنس .

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