The Qur'an and its Biblical Subtext by Gabriel Said Reynolds

Author:Gabriel Said Reynolds
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Humanities
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2010-03-25T00:00:00+00:00

should first be noted that the pericope involving Mary in l is linked with the Annunciation to Mary (Q 3.45–49a) and thence with the life, miracles, and death of Jesus (Q 3.49b-59). The section on Mary thus appears above all as an introduction to the discourse on Jesus. Hence it is not awkward but rather appropriate that the has references to the birth of John in the middle of that section (Q 3.38–41; cf. the similar juxtaposition of John and Mary in Q 19.2–23). Mary and John are the two figures who prepare the way for Jesus. Mary received the Word of God (see Q 3.45); John preached the Word of God (see Q 3.39).488

It is for this reason that the (Q 3.42) has the angels tell Mary that God has chosen her above all other women. It is not because of her virtue, nor because she is to conceive without knowing man, but rather because she is to be the mother of the Word of God (Q 3.45), who will create a bird from clay, as God created Adam, breathe into it and bring it to life (Q 3.49), who will heal the sick and raise the dead (Q 3.49), and whom God will raise to Himself (Q 3.55). The in other words, is here alluding to the salutation of the angel Gabriel to Mary: “Rejoice, you who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you” (Lk 1.28).489

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