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Introduction

In The Name of Allah AL-Rahman and AL-Rahim (The Merciful)
This Surah discusses various subjects including early Muslim life and events they encountered. Their victory at the Battle of Badr and their defeat at Uhud taught them several lessons: discouraging the abuse of power and taking things for granted as well as the price of disobedience and lack of discipline. It made them realize that Allah takes matters of fact as they present themselves and deals with them in His own manner.
The follies of Ahl al-Kitab (the People of the Book) and their intrigues are exposed and it is stated that religion as determined by Allah is Islam.
It tells that Allah does not annul, withhold or withdraw the fruit that a man or woman is entitled to reap for wise or pious deeds. It says that learned men and men who ponder and meditate on Allah’s imposing creation have been treated with special consideration and honour.
The Surah gives a short account of the life history of the Blessed Virgin Maryam and her guardian, Zakariah, Allah’s response to his prayer, the exchange of discourse between the Angel and the Blessed Virgin Maryam and the announcement of ‘Isa’s (Jesus) forthcoming conception, birth and mission. Allah reminds Ahl al-Kitab of their Scriptures which foretold the coming of Muhammad.
(Deuteronomy xviii: 17; Gospel of St. John xiv: 16, xv: 26 and xvi and Isaiah). As to the anachronism charged by Muir and the non-Muslim writers relative to Mary, Maryam, ‘Imran, Qarun’s sister, the reader is referred to the relevant authorities on the subject.
Suffice it to say that there is reason to suppose that Maryam’s father was also named ‘Imran, a generically occurring name for the Hebrew prophets from Mussa (Moses) to ‘Isa. Furthermore, the Blessed Virgin Maryam has been referred to occasionally as Marian in some English literature and as Maryam by others.

In The Name of Allah AL-Rahman and AL-Rahim (The Merciful) This Surah discusses various subjects including early Muslim life and events they encountered. Their victory at the Battle of Badr and their defeat at Uhud taught them several lessons: discouraging the abuse of power and taking things for granted as well as the price of disobedience and lack of discipline. It made them realize that Allah takes matters of fact as they present themselves and deals with them in His own manner. The follies of Ahl al-Kitab (the People of the Book) and their intrigues are exposed and it is stated that religion as determined by Allah is Islam. It tells that Allah does not annul, withhold or withdraw the fruit that a man or woman is entitled to reap for wise or pious deeds. It says that learned men and men who ponder and meditate on Allah’s imposing creation have been treated with special consideration and honour. The Surah gives a short account of the life history of the Blessed Virgin Maryam and her guardian, Zakariah, Allah’s response to his prayer, the exchange of discourse between the Angel and the Blessed Virgin Maryam and the announcement of ‘Isa’s (Jesus) forthcoming conception, birth and mission. Allah reminds Ahl al-Kitab of their Scriptures which foretold the coming of Muhammad. (Deuteronomy xviii: 17; Gospel of St. John xiv: 16, xv: 26 and xvi and Isaiah). As to the anachronism charged by Muir and the non-Muslim writers relative to Mary, Maryam, ‘Imran, Qarun’s sister, the reader is referred to the relevant authorities on the subject. Suffice it to say that there is reason to suppose that Maryam’s father was also named ‘Imran, a generically occurring name for the Hebrew prophets from Mussa (Moses) to ‘Isa. Furthermore, the Blessed Virgin Maryam has been referred to occasionally as Marian in some English literature and as Maryam by others.


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