The Holy Quran 19:32 — Surah Maryam

Arabic text

وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَتِى وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِى جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا

Translation

"Allaah has also made me kind to my mother (because I have no father) and has not made me a tyrant (arrogant) and a wretched (unfortunate) person."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

since he had no father, he mentioned only his mother. all these sentences, which are given in the past tense, are undoubtedly to be taken in a past sense, but in such a way that a future whose occurrence is certain is treated as though it were past, as in اَتٰٓى اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوْهُ (“The command of Allah has come, so do not seek to hasten…

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