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THE COURAGE OF THE FA I T H F U L

She said, "How can I have a boy when no man has touched
me and I am not an unchaste woman?" (Surah Maryam, 20)
She brought him to her people, carrying him. They said,
"Maryam! You have done an unthinkable thing!
Sister of Harun, your father was not an evil man nor was
your mother an unchaste woman!"

She pointed towards him. They said, "How can a baby in
the cradle speak?"
He said, "I am the servant of Allah, He has given me the
Book and made me a prophet." (Surah Maryam, 27-30)
The courage shown by Maryam, though she was subjected to var-
ious forms of slander, and the determination she maintained, bro u g h t
her great respect among all believers. While praising her name, A l l a h

informs the faithful in the Qur'an that He made her an example for all
believers, and that she achieved high stature in His sight:
Allah has made an example for those who believe: The wife
of Pharaoh when she said, "My Lord, build a house in the
Garden for me in Your presence and rescue me from Pharaoh
and his deeds and rescue me from this wrongdoing people."
And Maryam, the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her
c h a s t i t y — We breathed Our Spirit into her and she confirmed
the Words of her Lord and His Book and was one of the obe-

dient." (Surat at-Tahrim, 11-12)

Prophet Lut (as), Prophet Shu‘ayb (as)

and Prophet Hud (as)
The tribes to whom Prophets Lut (as), Shu‘ayb (as) and Hud (as)
w e re sent had exercised depravity to extremes, and fallen completely

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