The Holy Quran 3:42 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

وَإِذْ قَالَتِ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَآءِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Translation

(Remember the time) When the angels said, “O Maryam رضي الله تعالى عنها, certainly Allaah has chosen you (to bear a special child without any man even touching you), purified you (blessed you with noble qualities and a pure disposition) and preferred you above all the women of the world (no other woman in the world was blessed with these virtues)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The angels address Maryam ﵍: the story of Zakariyya ﵇ and Yahya ﵇, which came in between because of incidental connections, and in which there was a confirmation of the choosing of the family of Imran and a prelude to the story of the Messiah ﵇, ends here, and the discourse turns again to the events of Maryam ﵍ and the Messiah ﵇.

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