The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 199
PT. 17 AL-ANBIYA' CH. 21 وَزَكَرِيَّا إِذْ نَادَى رَبَّهُ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي And remember Zachariah. 90 لَا فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْوَرِثِينَ شی when he cried to his Lord, saying, 'My Lord, leave me not alone and Thou art the Best of inheritors. '2416A فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ يَحْيي So We heard his prayer and. 91 bestowed upon him John and وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا cured his wife for him. They used to vie with one another in يُسْرِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا good works and they called on ط وَرَهَبًا وَكَانُوا لَنَا خُشِعِيْنَ Us in hope and in fear, and they themselves before humbled Us. 2417 وَالَّتِي أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا And remember her who. 92 preserved her chastity; so We مِنْ رُوحِنَا وَجَعَلْنَهَا وَابْنَهَا أَيَةً breathed into her of Our word لِّلْعَلَمِينَ and We made her and her son a Sign for peoples. 2418 3:39; 19:3-7. 32:17. 66:13. its words. "According to this lexicon the expression means: 'We will not straiten him' or 'We will not decree against him any distress. ' Lane also agrees with Lisān in this respect. The word has also been used in this sense elsewhere in the Quran. See 17:31; 28:83;& 65:8. For a fuller account of the Prophet Jonah see 10:99. 2416A. Commentary: For a somewhat detailed account of Zachariah see the first 12 verses of chapter 19 of the Quran. 2417. Commentary: a The verse shows that from spiritual point of view Zachariah's 2113 family was an ideal one. 2418. Commentary: The verse refutes the calumnious charges that the Jews had levelled against Mary. It also has a general application and may apply to any person who leads a righteous and upright life. In 66:13 a certain class of righteous believers are likened to Mary. Everyone of such righteous believers is Mary; and when God breathes into him of His spirit he becomes a 'son of Mary'. It is in this sense that the Promised Messiah has been called 'son of Mary' by the Holy Prophet. Mary and her son were a sign in the sense that the fatherless birth of Jesus