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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Ali 'Imran 3:45

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إِذْ قَالَتِ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكِ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنْهُ ٱسْمُهُ ٱلْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَجِيهًا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

[And mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allāh gives you good tidings of a word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary - distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allāh].

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وما كنت -يا نبي الله- هناك حين قالت الملائكة: يا مريم إن الله يُبَشِّرْكِ بولد يكون وجوده بكلمة من الله، أي يقول له: «كن» ، فيكون، اسمه المسيح عيسى ابن مريم، له الجاه العظيم في الدنيا والآخرة، ومن المقربين عند الله يوم القيامة.

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