Mary’s (a.s.) Prayer

The command “and bow down with those who bow [in worship]” is not limited to participating in congregational prayer, but can also mean, like “be with the truthful”,(177) to follow the way of those who pray. Mary’s (a.s.) conduct supports this interpretation: “And mention in the Book Mary, when she withdrew from her family to an easterly place”,(178) meaning Mary (a.s.) withdrew to a place and acted upon those divine guidelines based on belief and moral character.