*Hazrat Isa (Peace be upon him) – Part 1*
Allah chose Adam, Noah, the family of Ibrahim, and the family of Imran above all people. They were descendants of one another, and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
Remember when the wife of Imran said: “O Lord, I have vowed to dedicate to You what is in my womb, so accept it from me. Indeed, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.” When she delivered her, she said: “O Lord, I have given birth to a female” — and Allah knew best what she had delivered — “and the male is not like the female. I have named her Maryam, and I seek Your protection for her and her offspring from the accursed Satan.” So her Lord accepted her with a good acceptance and made her grow in a good manner, and He entrusted her to the care of Zakariya. Whenever Zakariya entered upon her in the prayer chamber, he found with her sustenance. He said: “O Maryam, from where does this come to you?” She said: “It is from Allah. Indeed, Allah provides to whom He wills without limit.”
And when the angels said: “O Maryam, indeed Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds. O Maryam, be devoutly obedient to your Lord and prostrate and bow with those who bow [in prayer].” O Muhammad, these are from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you. And you were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should be the guardian of Maryam, nor were you with them when they disputed.
And remember when the angels said: “O Maryam, indeed Allah gives you glad tidings of a word from Him, whose name is the Messiah, Isa, son of Maryam, honored in this world and the Hereafter, and of those brought near [to Allah]. He will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous.” She said: “O Lord, how can I have a child when no man has touched me?” He said: “Thus Allah creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.” And He will teach him writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Injil. Isa will come as a messenger to the Children of Israel, and he will say: “Indeed I have come to you with a sign from your Lord — that I create for you out of clay the form of a bird, then I breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by Allah’s permission. And I heal the blind and the leper and I bring the dead to life by Allah’s permission. And I inform you of what you eat and what you store in your houses. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers. And [I have come] confirming that which was before me of the Torah and to make lawful for you some of what was forbidden to you. And I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear Allah and obey me. Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is the straight path.”
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