THE STORY OF MARYAM'S BIRTH PART 6

The Virtue of Maryam 'Alyhaa Salaam Over the Women of Her Time

 

Allah tells; 

 

وَإِذْ قَالَتِ الْمَلَيِكَةُ يَا مَرْيَمُ إِنَّ اللّهَ اصْطَفَاكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَاصْطَفَاكِ عَلَى نِسَاء الْعَالَمِينَ

 

And (remember) when the angels said:"O Maryam! Verily, Allah has chosen you, purified you, and chosen you above the women of the nations." 

 

Allah states that the angels spoke to Maryam by His command and told her that He chose her because of her service to Him, because of her modesty, honor, innocence, and conviction.

 

Allah also chose her because of her virtue over the women of the world.

 

At-Tirmidhi recorded that Ali bin Abi Talib said,

 

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say,

 

خَيْرُ نِسَايِهَا مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ وَخَيْرُ نِسَايِهَا خَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِد 

 

The best woman (in her time) was Maryam, daughter of Imran, and the best woman (of the Prophet's time) is Khadijah (his wife), daughter of Khuwaylid."

 

The Two Sahihs recorded this Hadith.

 

Al-Bukhari's wording for it reads, 

 

Many men reached the level of perfection, but no woman reached such a level except Asiah, the wife of Firawn, and Maryam, the daughter of Imran.

 

The superiority of Aishah (his wife) to other women, is like the superiority of Tharid (meat and bread dish) to other meals. 

Allah states that the angels commanded Maryam to increase acts of worship, humbleness, submission, prostration, bowing, and so forth, so that she would acquire what Allah had decreed for her, as a test for her. Yet, this test also earned her a higher grade in this life and the Hereafter, for Allah demonstrated His might by creating a son inside her without male intervention.

To be continued إن شاء الله 

Taken from Tafseer Ibn Katheer of Surah Aal Imraan

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