Verily, Allah provides sustenance to whomever He wills without reckoning.
Verily, Allah provides sustenance to whomever He wills without reckoning.’” [^9] Furthermore, it proclaims: وَ إِذْ قَالَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ يَا مَرْيَمُ إِنَّ اللّهَ اصْطَفَاكِ وَ طَهَّرَكِ وَ اصْطَفَاكِ عَلَى نِسَاء الْعَالَمِينَ “And (remember) when the angels said, ‘O Maryam!
Allah has chosen you and made you pure and has preferred you above all women in creation.’” [^10] Regarding Asiyah (‘a), Pharaoh’s wife, God the Most High has stated: وَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اِمْرَأَةَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ابْنِ لِي عِندَكَ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ نَجِّنِي مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَ عَمَلِهِ وَ نَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ “And Allah cites Pharaoh’s wife as an example for the believers when she said, ‘O Lord!
Build for me, close to Yourself, a home in Paradise and deliver me from Pharaoh and his works and deliver me from evil doing peoples.’” [^11] Virtuous Fatimah (‘a), the honorable daughter of the Prophet (S), is also one of these superior women. The Verse of Purification [ ayah tathir ] is about Fatimah (‘a), her husband, father, and children.
The exalted Lord declares: إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا “Surely, Allah only wishes to remove from you, People of the House,…
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