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Statement of Exegesis (Tafsir)

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بیان التفسیر

Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) recited this verse of the Holy Quran: انی نذرت لک ما فی بطنی محررا ( آل عمران : 35 ) “(O Mary) I vow to You what is in my womb (Jesus) to be exclusively dedicated to Your service.” (Kanz-ul-Iman, Imam Ahmad Raza) وَجَدَ عِنْدَھَا رِزْقًا ( آل عمران : 37 ) “He found with her provision.” (Kanz-ul-Iman, Imam Ahmad Raza) He then said: Zakariyya (peace be upon him) took her responsibility. When you (Prophet Muhammad ﷺ) went to Maryam (peace be upon her) in her chamber, you found out-of-season grapes in her basket. You asked: “From where did you get these (grapes)?” Maryam (peace be upon her) replied: “These are from Allah.” اِنَّ اللّٰہَ یَرْزُقُ مَنْ یَّشَآئُ بِغَیْرِ حِسَابٍ ( آل عمران : 37 ) “Indeed, Allah provides for whom He wills without account.” (Kanz-ul-Iman, Imam Ahmad Raza) You thought: The Being Who is able to provide you with out-of-season grapes, can also give me, an old and barren man, a child. ھُنَالِکَ دَعَا زَکَرِیَّا ( آل عمران : 38 ) “At that, Zakariyya called upon his Lord.” (Kanz-ul-Iman, Imam Ahmad Raza) Then when he was given the good news of Yahya (peace be upon him), you said: قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ لِّیْٓ اٰیَۃً قَالَ اٰیَتُکَ اَلاَّ تُکَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلَٰاثَ لَیَالٍ سَوِیًّا ) ( آل عمران : 41 ) “He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He (Allah) said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights, [being] sound."” (Kanz-ul-Iman, Imam Ahmad Raza) Meaning, your tongue will be tied for three days without any sickness, while you are in good health. ** This hadith has a sound chain of narrators but Imam Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) and Imam Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) have not narrated it.