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Maryam (Mary)

Verse 16of 98

وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ ٱنتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًۭا شَرْقِيًّۭا﴿١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And mention, [O Muhammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱذْكُرْwa-udh'kurAnd mention
فِىin
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
مَرْيَمَmaryamaMaryam
إِذِidhiwhen
ٱنتَبَذَتْintabadhatshe withdrew
مِنْminfrom
أَهْلِهَاahlihāher family
مَكَانًۭاmakānan(to) a place
شَرْقِيًّۭاsharqiyyaneastern

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of Maryam and Al-Masih (`Isa)After Allah, the Exalted, mentioned the story of Zakariyya, and that He blessed him with a righteous, purified and blessed child even in his old age while his wife was barren, He then mentions the story of Maryam. Allah informs of His granting her a child named `Isa without a father being involved (in her pregnancy). Between these two stories there is an appropriate and similar relationship.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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