An extract from Qur'aanic Studies - Volume VI:
46. Wayukallimu alnnasa fee almahdi wakahlan wamina alssaliheena
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46. 56"And he would address the people while in the cradle57 and as an
adult, and he would be among the righteous."
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56. This is in continuation of the angels' address to Mary.
57. Addressing the people even as an infant in a cradle, is one of the
many miracles Allah Almighty had displayed to the people through His Messenger,
Jesus. Some commentators have tried to rationalise this particular miracle as a
metaphor for the prophetic wisdom Jesus started displaying at a very early age.
But the Qur'aanic narration in Verses 19.27 to 19.37 leaves no doubt that Jesus
did address the people when he was just an infant in cradle. It was indeed a
miracle since such human infants can't even speak - leave alone give a
prophetic address to the people! Allah showed this miracle as devine proof for
the fact that Mary had committed no sin in giving miraculous birth to a child,
without any male participation in the process, by Allah's Will.
Top to bottom above:
1. Arabic text of Qur'aanic Verse 3.46,
2. Transliteration of the Verse,
3. Translation of the Verse,
4. Commentary
Mohammad Shafi
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