Satan could not penetrate it; therefore, they were not harmed.

Satan could not penetrate it; therefore, they were not harmed.” Neither one of them committed any of the sins commonly committed by humans. Allah Almighty has said, “So her Lord accepted her with a good acceptance and made her grow up a good growth” (Qur'an, 3:37). The meaning of this verse is that He created her without any increase or decrease of her physique, so she was growing during a short period as much as an ordinary infant would grow during quite a lengthy one.

When Maryam was born, her mother Hanna carried her to the temple. The descendants of Aaron, who then numbered thirty, looked after the temple at…