Ali 'Imran 3:41
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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجۡعَل لِّيٓ ءَايَةٗۖ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمۡزٗاۗ وَٱذۡكُر رَّبَّكَ كَثِيرٗا وَسَبِّحۡ بِٱلۡعَشِيِّ وَٱلۡإِبۡكَٰرِ ٤١
He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt [Him with praise] in the evening and the morning."
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Commentary on 3:41
قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿قَالَ رَبِّي اجْعَل لي آيَة﴾ أَي: عَلامَة. قيل: إِنَّمَا سَأَلَ الْعَلامَة؛ لِأَن إِبْلِيس وسوس إِلَيْهِ أَن الَّذِي ناداك هُوَ الشَّيْطَان، دون الْملك وَكَانَ يديم عَلَيْهِ وسوسته، فَسَأَلَ الْعَلامَة؛ دفعا لتِلْك الوسوسة. وَقيل: إِنَّمَا سَأَلَ الْعَلامَة؛ لمعْرِفَة وَقت الْولادَة حَتَّى يزْدَاد لله شكرا.
﴿قَالَ آيتك أَلا تكلم النَّاس ثَلَاثَة أَيَّام﴾ وَقيل: [إِن الله أمسك] لِسَانه وَحبس عَنهُ الْكَلَام ثَلَاثَة أَيَّام، وَهُوَ سوى صَحِيح؛ وَعَلِيهِ دلّ قَوْله تَعَالَى فِي سُورَة مَرْيَم ﴿ثَلَاث لَيَال سويا﴾ .
﴿إِلَّا رمزا﴾ أَي: إِشَارَة، وَالْإِشَارَة تكون بِاللِّسَانِ، وَتَكون بِالْيَدِ، وَتَكون بِالْعينِ وَالْمرَاد هَا هُنَا: الْإِشَارَة بالإصبع المسبحة، قَالَ قَتَادَة: إِنَّمَا أمسك لِسَانه عَن الْكَلَام عُقُوبَة لَهُ على مَا سَأَلَ من الْآيَة بَعْدَمَا أوحى الله تَعَالَى إِلَيْهِ، وشافهته الْمَلَائِكَة بالبشارة.
﴿وَاذْكُر رَبك كثيرا﴾ قيل: إِنَّمَا أمسك لِسَانه عَن الْكَلَام مَعَ النَّاس، وَلم يمسِكهُ عَن ذكر الله تَعَالَى، فَأمره بِالذكر.
﴿وَسبح بالعشى وَالْإِبْكَار﴾ المُرَاد بالتسبيح: الصَّلَاة، وَأما العشى: مَا بَين زَوَال الشَّمْس إِلَى غرُوب الشَّمْس، وَمِنْه صَلَاة الظّهْر وَالْعصر صَلَاتي العشى، وَأما الإبكار: مَا بَين طُلُوع الْفجْر إِلَى الضُّحَى الْأَعْلَى.
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3:38
هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۥۖ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةٗ طَيِّبَةًۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ ٣٨
At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."
3:39
فَنَادَتۡهُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَآئِمٞ يُصَلِّي فِي ٱلۡمِحۡرَابِ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحۡيَىٰ مُصَدِّقَۢا بِكَلِمَةٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَسَيِّدٗا وَحَصُورٗا وَنَبِيّٗا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٣٩
So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, "Indeed, Allāh gives you good tidings of John, confirming a word1 from Allāh and [who will be] honorable, abstaining [from women], and a prophet from among the righteous."
1 translator’s note
- Referring to the prophet Jesus (upon whom be peace) , who was conceived merely by a command from Allāh - the word "Be." ↩
3:40
قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَٰمٞ وَقَدۡ بَلَغَنِيَ ٱلۡكِبَرُ وَٱمۡرَأَتِي عَاقِرٞۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ ٤٠
He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" He [the angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He does what He wills."
3:41
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجۡعَل لِّيٓ ءَايَةٗۖ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمۡزٗاۗ وَٱذۡكُر رَّبَّكَ كَثِيرٗا وَسَبِّحۡ بِٱلۡعَشِيِّ وَٱلۡإِبۡكَٰرِ ٤١
He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt [Him with praise] in the evening and the morning."
3:42
وَإِذۡ قَالَتِ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَٰمَرۡيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصۡطَفَىٰكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَٱصۡطَفَىٰكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَآءِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٢
And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allāh has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.
3:43
يَٰمَرۡيَمُ ٱقۡنُتِي لِرَبِّكِ وَٱسۡجُدِي وَٱرۡكَعِي مَعَ ٱلرَّٰكِعِينَ ٤٣
O Mary, be devoutly obedient to your Lord and prostrate and bow with those who bow [in prayer]."
3:44
ذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيۡكَۚ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيۡهِمۡ إِذۡ يُلۡقُونَ أَقۡلَٰمَهُمۡ أَيُّهُمۡ يَكۡفُلُ مَرۡيَمَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيۡهِمۡ إِذۡ يَخۡتَصِمُونَ ٤٤
That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muḥammad]. And you were not with them when they cast their pens1 as to which of them should be responsible for Mary. Nor were you with them when they disputed.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., threw lots. ↩
3:45
إِذۡ قَالَتِ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَٰمَرۡيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكِ بِكَلِمَةٖ مِّنۡهُ ٱسۡمُهُ ٱلۡمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ وَجِيهٗا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ ٤٥
[And mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allāh gives you good tidings of a word1 from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary - distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allāh].
1 translator’s note
- See footnote to 3:39. ↩