Story of Maryam's Birth Part 2

Prophet Stories:

When Mother of Maryam 'Alyhaa AsSalaam Delivered her

فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَضَعْتُهَا أُنثَى وَاللّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ 

 

Then when she gave birth to her, she said:"O my Lord! I have given birth to a female child, ـ and Allah knew better what she bore.

  

وَلَيْسَ الذَّكَرُ كَالاُنثَى 

 

And the male is not like the female,

 

in strength and the commitment to worship Allah and serve the Masjid in Jerusalem.

  

وَإِنِّي سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ 

 

And I have named her Maryam,

 

thus, testifying to the fact that it is allowed to give a name to the newly born the day it is born, as is apparent from the Ayah, which is also a part of the law of those who were before us.

Allah's statement that Maryam's mother said,

  

وِإِنِّي أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ 

"...And I seek refuge with You for her and for her offspring from Shaytan, the outcast."

 

means, that she sought refuge with Allah from the evil of Shaytan, for her and her offspring, i.e., `Isa, peace be upon him.

 

Allah accepted her supplication, for Abdur-Razzaq recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said, 

 

Every newly born baby is touched by Shaytan when it is born, and the baby starts crying because of this touch, except Maryam and her son.

 

Abu Hurayrah then said,

 

"Read if you will,  

وِإِنِّي أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ 

 (And I seek refuge with You for her and for her offspring from Shaytan, the outcast)."

Taken from Tafseer Ibn Katheer of Surah Aal Imraan

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