Learn Sūrat Maryam
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What Sūrat Maryam is about
Sūrat Maryam has 98 āyāt in the sixteenth juzʼ. It opens with Zakariyyā’s quiet prayer for an heir in his old age, and the gift of Yaḥyā (John) (19:2–15). It is named after Maryam (Mary), whose story follows: the spirit sent to her in the form of a man, the birth of ʿĪsā (Jesus) beneath a palm tree, and the infant who speaks (19:16–33).
The name ar-Raḥmān, the Most Merciful, recurs throughout the sūrah. It remembers Ibrāhīm (Abraham) speaking gently to his father, and Mūsā, Ismāʿīl and Idrīs (19:41–57). It ends by saying the heavens almost break apart at the claim that the Most Merciful has taken a son (19:88–91), and that every being will come to Him as a servant (19:93).
- Āyāt 1–15
Zakariyyā and Yaḥyā
Zakariyyā calls on his Lord quietly: his bones are weak and his wife cannot have children. He is given news of a son named Yaḥyā, a name given to no one before (19:7). As a sign he cannot speak for three nights. Yaḥyā is given wisdom as a child.
- Āyāt 16–40
Maryam and the birth of ʿĪsā
Maryam withdraws, and Allah’s spirit comes to her as a man with news of a pure son. In labour beneath a palm tree, she is told to shake its trunk for dates. When her people accuse her, the infant ʿĪsā speaks: he is Allah’s servant and prophet (19:30). It is not fitting for Allah to take a son (19:35).
- Āyāt 41–50
Ibrāhīm and his father
Ibrāhīm asks his father why he worships what cannot hear or see. His father threatens to stone him. Ibrāhīm wishes him peace, promises to ask forgiveness for him, and leaves. Allah gives him Isḥāq (Isaac) and Yaʿqūb (Jacob).
- Āyāt 51–65
Prophets who wept in prostration
Mūsā (Moses) is called and brought near, and Hārūn (Aaron) is made a prophet. Ismāʿīl kept his promise, and Idrīs was raised to a high place. When the āyāt of the Most Merciful were recited to the prophets, they fell down weeping (19:58). Later generations neglected the prayer (19:59).
- Āyāt 66–98
The Most Merciful has no son
A person asks whether he will be brought out alive after death. Every person will come to Hell, then the mindful are saved (19:71–72). The heavens almost break apart at the claim that the Most Merciful has taken a son (19:88–91). Every being comes to Him as a servant, and He gives love to those who believe and do good (19:93–96).
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