Lady Maryam (Mary), daughter of Imran,\nwas the Messiah’s mother. When Maryam’s mother was pregnant, assuming her child\nwould be a boy, she made a vow offering her child as servant to a mosque\n(Moharrer). When she gave birth, seeing her child was a girl, she became very\nupset. Nonetheless, she named her daughter “Maryam”, which was\nanother word for servant. Maryam’s father had passed away before her birth, so\nher mother was obliged to take her to the mosque and put her under the care of\nJewish priests. Priests argued about who\nshould have guardianship over Maryam. Not reaching a conclusion, they decided\nto draw lots. Prophet Zachariah’s (PBUH) name was selected from the lot, and\nthus he became guardian to Maryam until she reached the age of puberty. Thereafter, Prophet Zakariya (PBUH) created a\nveil and cover between Lady Maryam and the priests; and Lady Maryam would worship\nwithin the cover\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lady Maryam (PBUH) was pious,\ninfallible, pure, and chosen. She was a sign of Allah (SWT) for all, and was\nalso capable of communicating with the angles. For example, in an incident, one\nof the angles informed her that Allah (SWT) has chosen and purified her. (1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Lady Maryam (PBUH) reached\nmaturity, and had resided behind the curtains of the adytum, Allah (SWT)\ndescended Rooh – one of the great angles of Allah (SWT). He appeared to Lady\nMaryam (PBUH) as a genuine human. He told\nher that he was only a messenger from her Lord who has come to gift her with a\nboy by His will, a boy without a father. He gave glad tidings, notifying that\nher son will present miracles, and Allah (SWT) will confirm him with the Holy\nSprit. Finally the angel informed her that Allah (SWT) will teach her son\ntheology, Torah, and Gospel, and will appoint him as a messenger to the\nChildren of Israel. (2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prophet Isa (PBUH), also referred to\nas Jesus, was appointed in his youth and sent to the Jewish community. He had\nthe responsibility of inviting people to the monotheistic religion. He\ndeclared: “I have come to you with a miracle from your Lord. The miracle\nis such that I will make something that resembles the shape of a bird from\nclay. I will then breathe into the figure, and by Allah’s will this figure will\nbecome a live bird. I can heal those that are blind from birth and those\ninfected with incurable leprosy. I can bring the dead back to life by the will\nof Allah, and I can inform you of what you eat and what you store in your\nhouses. Surly there is a sign for you in this; that which Allah is my Lord and\nyour Lord, and you must worship Him.”(3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prophet Isa (PBUH) invited people to\nthe new religious rulings, which confirmed the rulings brought by Prophet Musa\n(Moses) (PBUH). Nonetheless he abrogated some of the jurisprudence brought by\nProphet Musa (PBUH) (4) and would say: “I have come to you with wisdom in\norder to clarify your disputes”. He\nwould also say: “O Children of Israel! I am the Messenger of Allah upon\nyou, confirming the Torah which was the Holy Book before me and giving glad\ntidings of a messenger who will come after me; his name is Ahmad.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prophet Isa (PBUH) continued his\nmission of inviting the Children of Israel to Monotheism and to the new\nteachings, until he lost hope in their acceptance of faith. When he saw the disobedience and enmity of\nthe people and of the Jewish priests toward his invitation, he chose a few of\nthe people who believed in his teachings as “Hawariun” (disciples) to\nassist him in this mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nevertheless, the Jews rebelled and\ndecided to kill him, but Allah (SWT) saved him from the Jews and ascended\nProphet Isa (PBUH) toward Himself. The Jews did not know this however. Some of\nthem thought that they had killed him, while others thought they had hanged\nhim. But Allah (SWT) states in the Holy Quran: “Nor was it this, nor was\nit that; but it appeared to them as such.” (4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The above is only a portion of the\nthings the Holy Quran states about Prophet Isa (Jesus) (PBUH) and his mother,\nMaryam (Mary) (PBUH)\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Selected from\n“Tafsir al-Mizan”, by Allamah Tabataba’ei)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to all monotheists\naround the world for the birthday of the Messenger of Monotheism and kindness,\nProphet Isa (Jesus) (PBUH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Footnotes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1- The following\nverses suggest the mentioned admirable qualities of Maryam (PBUH):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(3:35-44)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(21:91)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(66:12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2- These\nmeanings can be obtained from these verses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(3:35-44)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3- Those\ncommandments were a few of the orders that were declared in the Torah because\nof severing and reprimanding of the Jews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4- These\nmeanings are derivated from these verses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(3:45-58)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(43: 63-65)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(61:6-14)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(5:110-111)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(4:157-158)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lady Maryam (Mary), daughter of Imran, was the Messiah’s mother. When Maryam’s mother was pregnant, assuming her child would be a boy, she made a vow offering her child as servant to a mosque (Moharrer). When she gave birth, seeing her child was a girl, she became very upset. Nonetheless, she named her daughter “Maryam”, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28248,28419],"tags":[24081,19654,19316,18591,24082,24038,19405,18418,18536,24065,24080],"class_list":["post-4759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-occasional-letters","category-the-birth-of-prophet-jesus-pbuh","tag-2005-12-25","tag-child","tag-daughter","tag-father","tag-girl","tag-maryam","tag-mosque","tag-occasion-letters","tag-prophet","tag-the-birthday-of-prophet-jesus","tag-the-story-of-jesus"],"yoast_head":"\n