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Maryam (Mary)

Verse 19of 98

قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَٰمًۭا زَكِيًّۭا﴿١٩

Translation (Sahih International)

He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
أَنَا۠anāI am
رَسُولُrasūlua Messenger
رَبِّكِrabbiki(from) your Lord
لِأَهَبَli-ahabathat I (may) bestow
لَكِlakion you
غُلَـٰمًۭاghulāmana son
زَكِيًّۭاzakiyyanpure

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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