Sustenance Of Mary

LESSON # 351 FROM HOLY  QUR’AN

Sustenance Of Mary

Surah ‘Aali ‘Imran (The Family Of ‘Imran, Chapter - 3)

Verse – 37 of  200, Section –4    (Part – 3)

And her Lord accepted her with full acceptance and vouchsafed to her a goodly growth; and made Zachariah her guardian. Whenever Zachariah went into the sanctuary where she was, he found that she had food. He said: O Mary! Whence cometh unto thee this (food)? She answered: It is from Allah. Surely Allah giveth without stint to whom He will.

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-gayrri  hisaab.

Lesson

       

Zakariyyaa – (Zachariah (peace be upon him) was a Prophet of Allah Almighty. He was husband of the mother’s sister of Mary (maternal uncle). After the expiry of Imran, (the father of Mary) Zachariah (peace be upon them) became chief of the nation.

‘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 to guide them for prayer.

Although female was not accepted to attend the temple (haikal), however Allah Almighty accepted the prayer of Mary’s mother and put this matter in the hearts of attendants of the Temple of Jerusalem (Bait ul Muqaddas) that they should accept this girl contrary to common rules. When dissention arose between 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).

Allah Almighty grew Mary (peace be upon her) 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 saw in the sanctuary different kinds of food and fruit, and perplexed that by whom these things are being delivered to Mary. Therefore, he asked Mary, “O Mary! Who gives this food to you? She answered: It is from Allah Almighty. Allah gives without stint to whom He wills through the unknown sources about which nobody can think.

Transliteration in Roman Script & English Translation of Holy Qur’an written by Marmaduke; Pickthall, Published by Paak Company, 17-Urdu Bazar, Lahore and Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’an published By Idara Islah wa Tableegh, Lahore (translated by Muhammad Sharif)