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Mary: Mother of Jesus
chapter 19 of the Holy Qur'an
General information:
Number of
verses: 98
Running time:
33 minutes and 19 seconds
Arabic
recitation by: Sheikh Sa'ad Al-Ghamdi
Translation of
the meaning read by: El-Haj Mauri
Saalakhan
(Arabic and
English alternate section by section)
Available
formats:
CD
About the chapter:
This chapter
presents a beautiful collage of stories
starting with the birth of John after his
father Zachariah reached old age,
progressing to the miraculous birth of
Jesus, son of Mary, to the admonishment of
Abraham to his father who was devoted to
idols, to Moses who brought near for private
conversation with his Lord, and finishing
with a mention of Ishmael and Idris (May
Allah's peace and blessing be upon all of
them). The overarching theme is the
oneness of the monotheistic message of all
the prophets who called theirs people to
submit wholly to Allah. Verse 58 says:
"These are the ones to whom Allah showed
favor from among the prophets, of the seed
of Adam, and of those whom we carried in the
ship with Noah, and of the seed of Abraham
and Israel, and from among those whom we
have guided and chose. When the
revelations of the Most Compassionate were
recited to them, they fell down prostrating
and weeping."
Snippets from the translation:
And man says: “When I am dead, will I be
brought forth to life again?” Doesn’t man
remember that we created him before when he
was nothing? By your Lord, verily We will
assemble them and the devils, then We will
bring them crouching around hell. Then we
will pluck out from every sect whichever of
them was most stubborn in rebellion against
the Beneficent. And surely we are best aware
of those most worthy to be burned therein.
None of you will escape approaching it. That
is a fixed ordinance of your Lord. Then We
will rescue those who guarded against evil,
and We will leave the evil doers crouching
therein. [chapter 19: 66-72]
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