Alhamdulillah.... Maryam bint Imran (Mary in Islam) – Part 1 You won’t realize what a crime it is attributing what’s not true to someone, until you know the true story, with all its realities. This is the story of woman, whom Allah honored two millennia ago and made her one of the chosen women on Earth as well as in the Hereafter. This is the story of “Maryam bint Imran”, also known as Mary, Mother of Jesus AS; as told to the prophet SAW by Allah. This is Mary in Islam. “And when the angels said: Mary, Allah has chosen you and purified you. He has chosen you over all other women” (Quran 3:42). Back then, in Rome, the Jews couldn’t be as far from their true religion as they were at the time of Maryam’s birth. Idolatry was the state’s religion. Allah’s prophets were being killed; his commands rebelled against. And false beliefs prevailed. At a time, when everyone back then was awaiting the birth of the Messiah. Allah, instead, willed that Maryam be born! And be honored! One exception to the common disbelief back then was the family of ‘Imran’, who sincerely believed in Allah and respected His limits. In this exceptional house, where Allah was always sought and trusted, Maryam was born. When Maryam’s mother knew she was pregnant, she instantly prayed to Allah, praised Him and promised she would dedicate her child to Him. I wish that we, Muslims today, would do like Mary’s mother, and dedicate our children to the One Who created them; Allah, the One and Only. “Remember when the wife of ‘Imran said: My Lord, I have vowed to You whatever is in my womb, to be devoted (to Your service). Please accept it from me. You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. When she gave birth, she said: My Lord! I have given birth to a girl — and Allah knew very well what she had given birth to, male and female are not the same — and I have named her Mary and placed her and her children in Your safekeeping from satan, the accursed” (Quran 3:35-36). So what exactly did Maryam’s mother mean by “I have vowed to You whatever is in my womb, to be devoted”? Maryam’s mother intended that her child be only preoccupied by the Hereafter, have no interest in the world, and do it with great devotion. And subhan Allah right after giving birth to Maryam, and despite discovering it was a girl, not a boy, Maryam’s mother renewed her vow! “I have named her Mary and placed her and her children in Your safekeeping from satan, the accursed” (3:36). That is faith in its purest form! Consequently, Allah SWT answered the sincere prayer “and made her (Mary) grow in health and beauty” (Quran 3: 37). To be resumed in shaa Allah in Part 2…
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