Mannat to Donate ‘Child’ إِذْ قَالَتِ امْرَأَةُ عِمْرَانَ...

Mannat to Donate ‘Child’ إِذْ قَالَتِ امْرَأَةُ عِمْرَانَ رَبِّ إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لَكَ مَا فِي بَطْنِي مُحَرَّرًا فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنِّي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ (35) Thus a woman (from the House) of Imran said: ‘My Lord, I have freely consecrated whatever is in my womb to You. Accept it from me; You are Alert, Aware! (3:35) . When the child was born, it was a girl (Maryam sa ) and the families were bewildered as to how to send a girl to the Shrine.

However, they fulfilled the ‘Vow’, as per promise, to the Allah -azwj , through sending her to Shrine. Hazrat Maryam sa , mother of Prophet Isa as , dedicated her life to the serving in the Holy Shrine, under the guardianship of prophet Zakariyya as .

Nazar Presented to Allah -azwj وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ابْنَيْ آَدَمَ بِالْحَقِّ إِذْ قَرَّبَا قُرْبَانًا فَتُقُبِّلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمَا وَلَمْ يُتَقَبَّلْ مِنَ الْآَخَرِ قَالَ لَأَقْتُلَنَّكَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَتَقَبَّلُ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ (27) لَئِنْ بَسَطْتَ إِلَيَّ يَدَكَ لِتَقْتُلَنِي مَا أَنَا بِبَاسِطٍ يَدِيَ إِلَيْكَ لِأَقْتُلَكَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ اللَّهَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ (28) إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ تَبُوءَ بِإِثْمِي وَإِثْمِكَ فَتَكُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ وَذَلِكَ جَزَاءُ الظَّالِمِينَ (29) فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ (30) Recite information to them about the Truth concerning Adam’s two sons.

When they both presented an offering, it was accepted from one of them and not accepted form the other. He said: ‘I will kill you!’ (The former) said: ‘God only accepts (things) from the heedful. Even if you stretch forth your hand towards me in order to kill me, I’ll never stretch out my hand towards you to kill you. I fear God, Lord of the Universe! I want you to atone for my sin as well as for your own sin; you will become an inmate of the Fire. That is the wrongdoers’ reward.

His own self urged him on to kill his brother, so he killed him, and one morning he turned out to be a loser. (5:27-30) . In the explanation of the above Verses, Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq -asws says that Allah -azwj asked Hazrat Adam as as to nominate Habeel as as his successor and teach him the ‘Asm-e-Azim’ (sacred name). Qabeel was older than Habeel as and upon hearing this news he got very upset and said I am more deserving for inheriting the ‘Charisma and Preaching’ powers of my father.

Allah -azwj asked Hazrat Adam as to tell them to prepare their ‘Offerings’.

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