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Surah al-Mu'minun (The Believers ) 23 : 50

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأُمَّهُۥٓ ءَايَةً وَءَاوَيْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَىٰ رَبْوَةٍ ذَاتِ قَرَارٍ وَمَعِينٍ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign and sheltered them within a high ground having level [areas] and flowing water.

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Word Arabic word
(23:50:1)
wajaʿalnā
And We made
(23:50:2)
ib'na
(the) son
(23:50:3)
(23:50:4)
wa-ummahu
and his mother
(23:50:5)
āyatan
a Sign
(23:50:6)
waāwaynāhumā
and We sheltered them
(23:50:7)
ilā
to
(23:50:8)
rabwatin
a high ground
(23:50:9)
(23:50:10)
qarārin
of tranquility
(23:50:11)
wamaʿīnin
and water springs

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Explanatory Note

This is followed by a similarly brief reference to Jesus and his mother, highlighting the great miracle in his creation. Again, those who were bent on denying the truth of God and creation rejected this sign clearly pointing to God’s power.

There are a number of different reports about the hill described here as a ‘lofty place’ and its exact location. Was it in Egypt, Damascus or Jerusalem? These were the places where Mary went with her son during his childhood and youth, as mentioned in Christian Scriptures. But knowing the exact location is not of vital importance. It is more important to know that God gave them both a goodly abode where fine plants grew and clear water was plentiful. Thus, they felt that God took care of them both.

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Both its style and theme indicate that it was revealed during the middle stage of Prophethood at Makkah. Reading between the lines one feels that a bitter conflict had begun between the Prophet and the disbelievers of Makkah though the persecution by them had not yet become tyrannical. It appears that the Surah was sent down during the climax of the “Famine” in Makkah (v. 75-76) which according to authentic traditions occurred during the middle stage of Prophethood. Moreover, according to a tradition related by ‘Urwah bin Zubair, Hadarat Umar who had embraced Islam by that time said, ‘This Surah was revealed in my presence and I myself observed the state of the Holy Prophet during its revelation. When the revelation ended the Holy Prophet remarked ‘On this occasion ten such verses have been sent down to me that the one who measures up to them will most surely go to Paradise’. Then he recited the initial verses of the Surah. (Ahmad and Tirmidhi)

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