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| Chapter 19 : Surah Maryam | ||||||||||
| (Revealed before Hijrah) Date of Revelation and Context Consensus of opinion among the Companions of the Holy Prophet is that the Surah was revealed very early in Mecca, probably towards the end of the fourth year of the Call, before the Emigration to Abyssinia which took place in the month of Rajab in the fifth year. Subject-Matter In the abbreviated letters at the head of the Surah a comparison has been instituted between Christian and Islamic doctrines and attention has been drawn to the fact that while originally Christianity was a Divine Dispensation, subsequently some false doctrines and dogmas found their way into its teaching. As these doctrines run counter to Divine attributes, a brief account of Jesus's birth has been given to refute them. While giving an account of Jesus, the Surah refers to the unusual manner of his birth without the agency of a human father. After this the Surah reinforces the argument against the godhead of Jesus by stating that if all the Prophets from Adam down to the last Israelite Prophet before Jesus, to whom a brief reference is made in the Surah, were mere human beings, why should Jesus, who was also only a Prophet of God, be invested with Divine attributes and be regarded as God or Son of God. As Resurrection and Life after death were to be widely denied in the Latter Days by Christians with whom the Surah particularly deals, much stress has also been laid on the Hereafter, and stale and hackneyed arguments of disbelievers against it exposed and refuted. The disbelievers, the Surah says, seem to derive false comfort from their wealth, material means and large numbers and adduce these things as an argument in support of their denial of the Life after death and of their belief that what really matters is the present life. Extracts from Chapter 19 Surah Maryam Alquran-karim
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