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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Maryam ~ a woman whose name was enshrined in Al-Qur'an

Hello .. You must be know about Maryam. The only one figure woman whose name was enshrined in Al-Qur'an is Maryam. This name often combined with Prophet Isa name. Maryam's name was mentioned as much as 34 times in Al-Qur'an, spread in 12 surah. Moreover there is a surah Al-Qur'an that named "surah Maryam".
This surah that consist of 98 verses included surah Makkiyah, because almost all of the verses revealed before Prophet Muhammad SAW hijrah to Madina, moreover before Prophet SAW's comrade hijrah to Habsyi country (Ethiopia). Maryam story on Al-Qur'an prove her glory at the sight of Allah SWT, so that she as a figure woman fit to be an example for muslims.


Maryam cared by Prophet Zakaria AS after handed over by her mother, Hannah. Maryam's mother had promised and planned it before Maryam born. In the of the Prophet Zakaria, Maryam showed special characters like moral virtue and her obedience on worshiping to Allah SWT.


Maryam's amazing and wonderful stories on surah Maryam started with amazing and wonderful event too, it's story about Prophet Zakaria AS. Allah SWT fulfill Prophet Zakaria prayer that pleaded for a son (Prophet Yahya) as a heir and progessors of his goals. Actually, Zakaria was very old. Normally, his wife (Elisabeth, Maryam's sister) should no longer to give birth because she was barren.


In Al-Qur'an is told that at one time in Maryam's room obtained fruits. When saw that, Prophet Zakaria AS shocked and asked to Maryam, "Hey Maryam, where did you get this (food)?" Maryam answered, "This food was from Allah. Actually Allah giving sustenance to whomsoever without reckoning." (Q.3:37)


Maryam came from Imran family. Maryam means "blameless". After her father died, she cared by Prophet Zakaria. When she was in a mihrab, Maryam visited by a malaika. That messengers told that Maryam was chosen by Allah to contain a holy son that will be a Prophet. Maryam shocked after heard this message because she was never been touched by a man. She worried will be ridiculed by people if she is pregnant. When her obstetrician got bigger, she avoided the crowds, then she moved to her village, Nasaret. Maryam birth a baby, that is Prophet Isa, without a husband (Q.3:45-48; 19:16-35; 21:91; 66:12). After she give birth, Maryam felt hungry and thirsty, she rocking date palm (Q.19:22-26), then ate the fruits that dropped.


source : ensiklopedi islam untuk pelajar

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