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[[File:مجسمه حضرت مریم.jpg|thumbnail|right|The statue of lady Maryam (a) on the high mountain in Harisa, 20 kilometers north of [[Beirut]], next to four churches]] | |||
According to sources, Hanna, the mother of Maryam (a), was sterile. She could not give birth to any children until the age of 30. She prayed to [[God]] and asked Him to give her a child. Her prayer was answered and she became pregnant with Maryam (a). Hanna [[Nadhr|vowed]] to God that her child will serve [[Jerusalem|Bayt al-Maqdis]]. Verses 35 to 37 of [[Sura Al 'Imran]] refer to Hanna's vow and its acceptance by God.{{enote|When the wife of Imran said, 'My Lord, I dedicate to You what is in my belly, in consecration. Accept it from me; indeed You are the All-hearing, the All-knowing.' (35) And when she bore her, she said, 'My Lord, I have borne a female [child]' —and Allah knew better what she had borne— 'and the female is not like the male. I have named her Mary, and I commend her and her offspring to Your care against [the evil of] the outcast Satan.' (36) Thereupon her Lord accepted her with a gracious acceptance, and made her grow up in a worthy fashion, and He charged Zechariah with her care. Whenever Zechariah visited her in the sanctuary, he would find provisions with her. He said, 'O Mary, from where does this come for you?' She said, 'It comes from Allah. Allah provides whomever He wishes without any reckoning.' (37) (Quran 3:35-37)}} | According to sources, Hanna, the mother of Maryam (a), was sterile. She could not give birth to any children until the age of 30. She prayed to [[God]] and asked Him to give her a child. Her prayer was answered and she became pregnant with Maryam (a). Hanna [[Nadhr|vowed]] to God that her child will serve [[Jerusalem|Bayt al-Maqdis]]. Verses 35 to 37 of [[Sura Al 'Imran]] refer to Hanna's vow and its acceptance by God.{{enote|When the wife of Imran said, 'My Lord, I dedicate to You what is in my belly, in consecration. Accept it from me; indeed You are the All-hearing, the All-knowing.' (35) And when she bore her, she said, 'My Lord, I have borne a female [child]' —and Allah knew better what she had borne— 'and the female is not like the male. I have named her Mary, and I commend her and her offspring to Your care against [the evil of] the outcast Satan.' (36) Thereupon her Lord accepted her with a gracious acceptance, and made her grow up in a worthy fashion, and He charged Zechariah with her care. Whenever Zechariah visited her in the sanctuary, he would find provisions with her. He said, 'O Mary, from where does this come for you?' She said, 'It comes from Allah. Allah provides whomever He wishes without any reckoning.' (37) (Quran 3:35-37)}} | ||