When she -as reached adulthood what the women tend to reach...

When she -as reached adulthood what the women tend to reach, from the menstruation, and she -as was the most beautiful of the women, and she -as used to pray Salat and the prayer niche would be illuminated due to her -as radiance. Zakariyya -as entered to see her -as , and there in her -as presence were winter fruits in the summer, and summer fruits in the winter. He -as said: ‘ ‘From where does this come to you?’ She said: ‘It is from Allah. [3:37] .

So, over there, Zakariyya -as supplicated to his -as Lord -azwj . He -as said: ‘ And I fear my successors from after me, [19:5] – up to what Allah -azwj Mentioned from the story of Zakariyya -as and Yahya -as ’’. [11] It is reported from Abu Ja’far -asws (5 th Imam): ‘Allah -azwj Revealed to Imran: “I -azwj shall Grant a male child to you -as , Blessed.

He -as will cure the blind and the leper and revive the dead by the Permission of Allah -azwj , and be a Rasool -as to the Children of Israel!” He -as informed his -as wife with that, and she -as became pregnant and place Maryam -as . She said, ‘My Lord! Surely I have placed a female [3:36] , and the female cannot happen to be a Rasool -as ’. And Imran -as said to her -as : ‘Surely a male can become a Prophet -as ’. When she saw that, she said what she said.

Allah -azwj Said, and His -azwj Words are the Truth: and Allah was more Knowing of what she placed [3:36] . Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘That was Isa -as Bin Maryam -as . So, if we -asws say to you all that the command would happen to be in one of us -asws , it could happen to be in his -asws son -asws , or son -asws of his -asws son -asws , or son -asws of a son -asws of his -asws son -asws . Then, it will be in him -asws , therefore do not be denying that’’.

[12] ‘Al-Sadiq -asws said regarding the Words of the Exalted: And (an example of) Maryam, daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity, [66:12] : ‘Her -as chastity was guarded before the birth of Isa -as be five hundred years’. He -asws said: ‘The first one to have lots cast upon was Maryam -as Bint Imran -as . Her -as mother vowed whatever was in her belly to be devoted to the synagogue, but she placed it as a female.

She -as became a youth and used to serve the servants, feeding them, until she -as was an adult. And Zakariyya -as instructed that he -asws would take a veil to be for her -as besides the servants.