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Maryam (Mary)
Verse 16
Translation:
16. Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East.
Notes (Tafseer):
2470. Cf. the story of Mary as related in iii. 42-51. Here the whole theme is different: it is the personal side of the experiences of the worshippers of Allah in relation to their families or environment.
2471. To a private eastern chamber, perhaps in the Temple. She went into privacy, from her people and from people in general, for prayer and devotion. It was in this state of purity that the angel appeared to her in the shape of a man. She thought it was a man. She was frightened, and she adjured him not to invade her privacy.
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