The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 42
CH. 3 ĀL-E-‘IMRĀN PT. 3 فَتَقَبَّلَهَا رَبُّهَا بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٍ وَأَنْبَتَهَا نَبَاتًا So her Lord accepted her. 38 حَسَنًا وَكَفَّلَهَا زَكَرِيَّا كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا with a gracious acceptance and caused her to grow an excellent guardian. Whenever Zachariah زَكَرِيَّا الْمِحْرَابَ وَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا رِزْقًا growth and made Zachariah her قَالَ يُمَرْيَمُ أَن لَكِ هَذَا قَالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ visited her in the chamber, he عِنْدِ اللهِ ۖ إِنَّ اللهَ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ found with her provisions. He said, 'O Mary, whence hast thou this?' She replied, 'It is from Allah. ' Surely, Allah gives to whomsoever He pleases without measure. 328 the attack of Satan. Truly has the Prophet remarked, "If Moses and Jesus had been alive, they would have found themselves forced to follow me" (Kathir). Finally, it may be noted that though Islam declares all Prophets of God to be virtually safe from the influence of Satan, the Bible does not ascribe this protection to Jesus for the New Testament clearly states at a number of places that he was tempted by the Devil for no less than forty days (e. g. Mark 1:12, 13). 328. Important Words: (made him her guardian) is derived from J. They say ali. e. he was or became responsible for him; he became his guardian. means, he made Zaid the guardian of Khālid; he gave Khālid in the guardianship of Zaid (Aqrab). Bible speaks only as a priest (Luke 1:5). The person presented as a Prophet by the Bible is Zechariah (Zech. 1:1; mark the difference in spelling) of whom the Quran, however, makes no mention. ; of the Quran was the father of Yaḥyā (John) who was a cousin of Jesus. ☑(chamber) is derived from means, a محراب 2:280, for which see حرب room in the uppermost story of a house; a chamber to which one ascends by stairs; the chief sitting place in a room or a house; the place or niche where the Imām stands while leading the Prayers in a mosque; a mosque or a place of worship (Aqrab & Lane). ☑✓ (chamber of Prayer or the place of the Imām in a mosque) is probably so called because it is a place where one fights the forces of evil or where one gets divorced from 45 (Zachariah or Zacharias) was the affairs and concerns of the world, the name of an Israelite holy person the word meaning fighting as whom the Quran presents as a well as being despoiled or deprived Prophet (6:86-90) but of whom the of all possessions (Mufradāt). 482