Surah Maryam ayat 13 Tafsir Quran 19:13

﴿وَحَنَانًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَزَكَاةً ۖ وَكَانَ تَقِيًّا﴾
[ مريم: 13]

19:13 And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allah

and compassion a mercy for mankind from Us from Our presence and purity a charity for them and he was God-fearing — it is related that he never committed a sin nor contemplated committing one;

And We imbued him with compassion and tenderness of the heart and We made piety reign in his heart and he entertained the profound reverence dutiful to Allah

(19:13) We blessed him with "judgment" *10 while he was yet a child, and bestowed on him tenderness of heart *11 and purity from Ourself; and he was very pious

And affection from Us and purity, and meaning

*10) The Arabic word hukm implies ability ( 1 ) to make decisions, ( 2 ) to form right opinions, ( 3 ) to interpret the Divine Law, ( 4 ) to solve problems, and ( 5 ) it also means `authority from Allah to decide affairs'.

*11) The Arabic word hanan is almost synonymous with `mother love'.
In other words, Prophet John bore in his heart the same kind of intense love for Allah's servants as a mother has for her child.

 

( And compassion from Our presence ) and We gave him compassion from Our presence towards his parents, ( and purity ) as an act of charity to them; it is also said that this means: We gave righteousness with regard to his religion; ( and he was devout ) he was obedient to his Lord,

And (made him) sympathetic to men as a mercy (or a grant) from Us, and pure from sins [i.e. Yahya (John)] and he was righteous,

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