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Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 1–3Zachariah, or Zakariyyah, who was the chief administrator of the Haykal (Solomon’s temple) was married to Mary’s mother’s sister.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 4–6This is the prayer of one who had grown very old while pursuing a religious mission and failed to find among his family members anybody to carry on his task after him.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 7–8This prayer was answered by the granting of a son—an extraordinary happening, as a son is not ordinarily born to people in such circumstances.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 9–11Just as the creation of the first human being, without a father or a mother, was a miracle of God, the birth of a child through a father and a mother is also God’s miracle, irrespective of whether the father and mother are old or young.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 12–15It is said that once during John’s childhood, some children asked him to come and play with them.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 16–21Mary, in accordance with her mother’s pledge, was placed in the service of the Haykal (Solomon’s Temple).Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 22–23Mary was an unmarried lady of a respectable and religious family.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 24–26In such difficult and trying circumstances, Mary could have had only one source of consolation, and that was that God’s angel should appear and reassure her; and that is exactly what happened.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 27–28Mary gained confidence on hearing the words of the angel.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 29–33In spite of Mary’s pointing toward the child, the people could not understand how they were supposed to talk to a small child.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 34–35The miraculous birth of Jesus was an extraordinary event; trying to explain it, Christian scholars have formulated peculiar dogmas.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 36–38The Messiah and all the other prophets called upon the people to tread the same straight path, namely, that of taking God as their Lord and worshipping Him alone.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 39–40When a man meets with failure in this world, he has the opportunity to start his life afresh, and he feels himself fortunate to have friends and supporters who will offer him assistance.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 41–45Abraham was born in Iraq.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 46–48The statues criticized by the Prophet Abraham were not simply ordinary pieces of stone.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 49–50Man is accustomed to living with his family and within his community.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 51–53Moses, while on his way from Midian to Egypt, passed by the Mount of Tur where God honoured him with prophethood.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 54–57Ishmael was Abraham’s son.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verse 58Here, special mention is made of those prophets who were raised in the generations descending respectively from Adam, Noah and Abraham.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 59–60A distinctive trait of those whose characters are moulded by the preaching of the prophets, is that they are no longer slaves of their base desires but rise above them.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 61–63This world being a place of trial, everyone has been given freedom.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 64–65When Dawah work is passing through a phase of being thwarted by opposition, it is a very difficult stage for the preacher (da‘i).Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 66–68The Arabs, who were the primary addressees of the Quran, accepted the theory of life after death.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 69–72Not to accept the Truth is a crime, but to instigate a movement for the rejection of Truth is an even bigger crime.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 73–74Those who do not care about what is right or what is wrong, who prefer the considerations of this world to those of the life hereafter and who choose to please other people rather than God, are always successful from the worldly point of view.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verse 75A rebel is given scope for his rebellious activities on account of his being on trial here, and not because it is his birthright.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verse 76To be rightly guided means the arousal of one’s consciousness and the turning of it in the right direction.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 77–80When a man acquires a certain amount of wealth and power, he develops a misplaced self-confidence, says things he should not and behaves in a manner that ill befits his true position.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 81–82Man wants to be able to do whatever he likes in this world, but at the same time he does not want to be made to suffer the consequences of his wrongdoings.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 83–87When Truth in its authentic form appears before a man and still he ignores it, this disregard of his paves the way for Satan’s entry into his very soul.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 88–92Belief in the existence of God’s children can be explained in either of two ways: that He is in need of assistants, or like ordinary people, He is desirous of having children.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 93–96It often happens that those who espouse the cause of unadulterated truth invite the wrath of the upholders of falsehood.Chapter 19, Mary (Maryam) · verses 97–98God’s book is in a language intelligible to human beings.