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سُورَةُ مَرۡيَمَ · 19:31
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وَجَعَلَنِى مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوْصَٰنِى بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّۭا

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And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah as long as I remain alive

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Introduction

This is āyah 31 of Sūrat Maryam (Mary), the 44th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 16. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
44 of 114
Surah
Maryam (19)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said: "O Mary! Indeed you have brought a thing Fariy. (27)"O sister of Harun! Your father was not a man who used to commit adultery, nor your mother was an unchaste woman. (28)Then she pointed to him. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle? (29)He said: "Verily, I am a servant of Allah, He has given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet; (30)"And He has made me blessed wherever I be, and has enjoined on me [Awsani] Salah and Zakah, as long as I live. (31)"And to be dutiful to my mother, and made me not arrogant, unblessed. (32)"And Salam (peace) be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive! (33) Maryam with Al-Masih before the People, Their Rejection of Her and His Reply to Them Allah, the Exalted, informs of Maryam's situation when she was commanded to fast that da…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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