Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
3:32 Say: OBEY ALLAH AND THE MESSENGER. But if they
turn away, lo! Allah loveth not the DISBELIEVERS (in His
guidance).
3:33 Lo! Allah preferred Adam and Noah and the Family of
Abraham and the Family of ’Imran above (all His) creatures.
3:34 They were descendants one of another. Allah is Hearer,
Knower.
3:35 (Remember) when the wife of ’Imran said: My Lord! I
have vowed unto Thee that which is in my belly as a
consecrated (offering). Accept it from me. Lo! Thou, only
Thou, art the Hearer, the Knower!
3:36 And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I
am delivered of a female - Allah knew best of what she was
delivered - the male is not as the female; and lo! I have
named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and
for her offspring from Satan the outcast.
3:37 And her Lord accepted her with full acceptance and
vouchsafed to her a goodly growth; and made Zachariah her
guardian. Whenever Zachariah went into the sanctuary
where she was, he found that she had food. He said: O
Mary! Whence cometh unto thee this (food)? She answered:
It is from Allah. Allah giveth without stint to whom He will.
3:38 Then Zachariah prayed unto his Lord and said: My
Lord! Bestow upon me of Thy bounty goodly offspring. Lo!
Thou art the Hearer of Prayer.
3:39 And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the
sanctuary: Allah giveth thee glad tidings of (a son whose
name is) John, (who cometh) to confirm a word from Allah
lordly, chaste, a prophet of the righteous.
dana p.
(Dana P.)
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