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The Story of Isa and Maryam

Part 1

Verse 3:35

Selected Exegesis

Vocabulary

Perpetual Service to Religion

The Nature of Mary’s Mother’s Vow

The Acceptance of the Vow or the Object of the Vow

The Meaning of God Being All-hearing and All-knowing

Subtleties and Allusions

A Discussion of the Narrations

Verse 3:36

Selected Exegesis

Vocabulary

What She Delivered

Direct or Inverse Simile

A Discussion of the Narrations

Verse 3:37

Selected Exegesis

Vocabulary

Harmony of Verses

Special Acceptance and Growth

The Guardianship of Mary

The Requirements for the Proper Upbringing of Mary

Extraordinary Sustenance

The Meaning of Unlimited Sustenance

The Path to Receiving Sustenance “Without Reckoning”

A Discussion of the Narrations

Verse 3:42

Selected Exegesis

Harmony of the Verses

Personal and Relative Selection

The Purification of Mary (a.s.)

The Excellence of Mary (a.s.)

Subtleties and Allusions

A Discussion of the Narrations

Verse 3:43

Selected Exegesis

Vocabulary

The Secret of Repeating “O Mary”

Mary’s (a.s.) Perpetual Obedience

Mary’s (a.s.) Prayer

The Secret of Prioritizing Prostration over Bowing

The Superiority of the Prostration Remembrance

Three Virtues and Three Acknowledgments

Verse 3:44

Selected Exegesis

Vocabulary

Relationship Between Verses

The Expression “wa-mā kunta” (“and you were not”) in Important and Sensitive Matters

Denial of Normal Channels of Knowledge for Unseen News

Drawing Lots for the Guardianship of Mary (a.s.)

Guardianship, Lots, and Contention

Subtleties and Allusions

A Discussion of the Narrations

Verses 3:45-46

Selected Exegesis

Vocabulary

Harmony of the Verses

Characteristics of Jesus (a.s.)

The Miracle of Mary or Jesus (a.s.)

Subtleties and Allusions

A Study of the Narrations

Verse 3:47

Selected Exegesis

Vocabulary

Direct or Indirect Addressee

The Reality of Mary’s (a.s.) Question

The Origin of Jesus and John’s (a.s.) Creation

The Difference Between the Creation of Jesus and John (a.s.)

The Meaning of “Be, and it is”

Addressing the Non-Existent

Subtleties and Allusions

A Discussion of the Narrations

Verses 3:48-49

Selected Exegesis

Vocabulary

Harmony of the Verses

The Meaning of "Book" and "Wisdom"

Fakhr Rāzī’s View on the Arrangement of Topics in the Verse

The Universal Mission of Christ (a.s.)

Miracles to Prove Messengership

The “Manifest” Signs

Manifestation of the Names: Creator, Form-Giver, and Life-Giver

The Creation by Christ from Two Perspectives: Wisdom and Knowledge

The Relationship between Christ’s Creation and the Verses of Challenge

The Connection of “By God’s Permission”

Initial and Restored Life

The Qualification “by God’s permission” Regarding All Miracles

The Validity of Attributing Reports of the Unseen to God

The Occurrence and Realization of Jesus’s Miracles (a.s.)

The Best Disputation

Subtleties and Allusions

A Discussion of the Narrations

Verses 3:50-51

Selected Exegesis

Vocabulary

Harmony of the Verses

Confirmation of the Torah Among the People

The Permanence of Religion and the Abrogation of Religious Law

The Mission of Jesus (a.s.)

Conveying God’s Speech as Commanded

The Manifestation of God’s Creative Power

Subtleties and Allusions

A Discussion of the Narrations

Verses 3:52-53

Selected Exegesis

Vocabulary

Harmony of the Verses

The Struggles of Christ (a.s.)

The Meaning of “ilā Allāh”

The Meaning of “Disciples” (Ḥawāriyyūn)

The Meaning of “We are helpers of God”

The Disciples’ Renewal of Covenant

The Disciples’ Supplication and Way of Life

Critique of the Theory of the Disciples Being Prophets

Subtleties and Allusions

Verse 3:54

Selected Exegesis

Vocabulary

The Opposition or Identity of Two Plots

The Divine Plot

The Words of Allāma al-Balāghī Regarding God’s Plot

The Secret of God Being the Best of Plotters

A Discussion of the Narrations

Verse 3:55

Selected Exegesis

Vocabulary

Correlation of Verses

The Meaning and Types of Tawaffī

The Relationship Between Tawaffī and Raising

The Nature of Raising Jesus (a.s.)

The Purification of the Messiah (a.s.)

The Superiority of the Followers of the Messiah until the Day of Resurrection

Subtleties and Allusions

A Discussion of the Narrations

Verse 3:59

Selected Exegesis

Harmony of the Verses

Comparing Jesus (a.s.) to Adam (a.s.)

The Reality of the Human Being

Stages of Development of Body and Spirit

The Origin of Adam and Eve and the Comparison of Jesus to Adam

Critique of al-Qurṭubī’s Statement Regarding Analogy

Subtleties and Allusions

A Discussion of the Narrations

Verse 3:60

Selected Exegesis

Harmony of the Verses

God Being Pure Truth

Al-Mīzān’s Explanation of “The Truth from your Lord”

The Prophet’s (s.a.w.) Freedom from Doubt

Subtleties and Allusions

Endnotes

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Relationship Between Verses

“That” refers to the previous verses concerning the story of Mary, Zechariah, and Joseph (a.s.).(192)

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