maria-jibril

When Maryam/Mary was worshipping Allah swt..

in her mihrab, her niche in the masjid... 

and Zechariah a.s would come and visit her...

every time he got in there, he found fruits... 

he found food that was out of season.

And he doesn't know where this is coming from.

So he asks: 'Maryam, where are you getting this from?'

'Look it's from Allah, Allah gives what He wills to whom He wills when He wills.'

Zechariah started to call upon his Lord, showing his weaknesses...

The angels actually cut him off here.

And Jibril is the one who gives the bushra, the glad tidings:

'Allah gives you the glad tidings of a son.'

Not only that: he is already been named, he has this quality, that...

Zechariah: 'And how am I supposed to have a child? When I am old, and my wife is barren.'

Don't ask that kind of questions.

Allah has decided it, it is going to happen.

And Allah creates whatever He wills.

Nothing is beyond Allah swt's power.

Now Maryam, she goes out, she witdraws to the east.

When she would leave the masjid once a month, she would go out to the east.

Many say, that was to appreciate the sunrise, she would go and watch the sunrise. 

She would go and do her dhikr and remember Allah swt.

And she would put up a hijab, a curtain.

She would put two stakes in the ground, and put up a curtain.

So that even when she was in the open, it was clearly signified:

this is my territory, don't come near.

She is a young lady, 14 tot 18 years old, a teenager.

And she is worshipping Allah alone...

remembering Allah swt alone.

And what did Allah swt say?

We sent to her non other than our spirits.

We didn't send her any Angel, we sent to her our Jibril a.s.

Jibril appeared to her like a completely proportional, beautiful human being.

A completely symmetrical human being, Jibril was perfect in every sense.

He came in the form of a young man.

Now does Maryam look at this young man?

This woman of purity and whatever it is, modesty, honesty...

Before Jibril can even open his mouth, she says: 

I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you...

If you have any fear of Allah, if you have any decency inside of you...

turn around and go away, and let's not even talk.

Let's pretend this never happened. 

Just go seek forgiveness from Allah swt.

So why did Maryam start talking to Jibril after that?

Because, when she answered Jibril with that statement...

Jibril a.s. assumed an angelic form, a light with a voice, whatever it may be...

and he continued the conversation with her:

'I am a messenger of your Lord that has come to you...

to give you the glad tidings of a pure son...'

When she starts to argue: 'How am I supposed to have a son?

I have never even been touched by a man, I've never been impure.

The answer, as always:

Allah has decided. It's already done.

He will be a sign for the people, and a mercy from us.

And look this is already happening. You are already pregnant. 

It starts now. She conceived Him.

She hides away from her people for a time, as the pregnancy develops.

When the pregnancy starts to get to a point where she's going to deliver...

realize she is a young girl, she doesn't have anyone around her to help her.

She has never experienced pregnancy before.

When she is driven to the trunk of a tree, what does she say:

'I wish I would have died before this, and been completely forgotten.'

Some say, she was in so much pain, she thought she was dying...

Some say, the people of Iman are going to mock her, the people of faith.

They are going to mock a family of prophethood, look at what she was, what she was like.

So perhaps she calls out, and wished she never existed.

Then Jibril says to her: 

'Don't you dare grieve, don't be sad.'

He start coaching her through her pregnancy!

'You think you will have a disgraceful mention.

Actually, there is a revelation that is coming.

Make mention in the book of Maryam.

You have something awaiting you...

and you have no idea of what Allah is going to make out of you.'

'And look, Allah has placed beneath you a river.

Shake the palm tree, fresh ripe dates will fall upon you. 

Drink, and rejoice, there is supposed to be the coolest of your eyes.

Look at your child, not with a feeling of regret, but with a feeling of happiness.'

Then the next test comes: 

'You are not allowed to defend yourself when people approach you.

But Maryam had full confidence at that point, that Allah was with her.

She had been coached properly, and her trust was in Allah.

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