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Stories Of The Prophets In The Qur'an 109

STORIES OF THE PROPHET ZAKARIYYA (AS),
MARYAM (AS), THE PROPHET YAHYA (AS)
AND THE PROPHET 'ISA (AS)

This is news from the Unseen which We reveal to you. You were not
with them when they cast their reeds to see which of them would be
the guardian of Maryam. You were not with them when they quar-
relled. (Surah Al 'Imran: 44)
Maryam's (as) Family and Nobility
Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the family of Ibrahim and the fam-
ily of 'Imran over all other beings –descendants one of the other. Allah
is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Surah Al 'Imran: 33-34)
Maryam's (as) Birth
Remember when the wife of 'Imran said, 'My Lord, I have pledged to
You what is in my womb, devoting it to Your service. Please accept my
prayer. You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.' When she gave birth,
she said, 'My Lord! I have given birth to a girl' – and Allah knew very
well what she had given birth to, male and female are not the same –
'and I have named her Maryam and placed her and her children in Your
safekeeping from the accursed Satan.' (Surah Al 'Imran: 35-36)
Maryam (as) and the Prophet Zakariyya (as)
Her Lord accepted her with approval and made her grow in health and
beauty. And Zakariyya became her guardian. Every time Zakariyya vis-
ited her in the Upper Room, he found food with her. He said, 'Maryam,
how did you come by this?' She said, 'It is from Allah. Allah provides for
whoever He wills without any reckoning.' (Surah Al 'Imran: 37)
And when the angels said, 'Maryam, Allah has chosen you and puri-
fied you. He has chosen you over all other women. Maryam, obey
your Lord and prostrate and bow with those who bow.' (Surah Al
'Imran: 42-43)
The Prophet Yahya's (as) Birth
Then and there Zakariyya called on his Lord and said, 'O Lord, grant
me by Your favour an upright child. You are the Hearer of Prayer.'
(Surah Al 'Imran: 38)