The Holy Quran 19:16 — Surah Maryam

Arabic text

وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ ٱنتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا

Translation

Mention Maryam (the mother of Isa عليه الصلاة والسلام) in the Book (the Qur'aan). (Mention the time) When she drew away from her family to go to a place far to the east (to take a bath of purity).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The modesty and chastity of Maryam: that is, to perform the ritual bath after menstruation. This was her very first menstruation; she was thirteen or fifteen years old. Out of modesty she withdrew from the people and went to a place which lay to the east of “Bayt al-Maqdis” (Jerusalem). That is why the Christians made the east their qibla.

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