(And He said) «إذ قالت الملائكة يا مريم إن الله يبشرك بكلمة‏» "(And remember) when the angels said: O Mary! Allah gives you glad tidings of a Word from Him." (And He said) «إن الله اصطفى آدم ونوحا وآل إبراهيم وآل عمران على العالمين» "Indeed, Allah chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of 'Imran above all the worlds." Up to verse «يرزق من يشاء بغير حساب‏» . Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that by «آل عمران» are meant the believing people from the descendants of 'Imran, such as «آل إبراهيم» and «آل ياسين» , and by «آل محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم» are meant those who are believers. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: Allah the Exalted said, "Those nearest to Ibrahim (Abraham) are those who follow his way, that is, those who are believing monotheists." The word «آل» was originally «أهل‏.» . «آل يعقوب» means «أهل يعقوب‏.‏» (the letter Ha was changed to Hamza); in diminutive form, it is then returned to the original, so it is said «أهيل‏.» .

Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab: Abu Huraira said, "I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'There is none born among the off-spring of Adam, but Satan touches it. A child therefore, cries loudly at the time of birth because of the touch of Satan, except Mary and her child." Then Abu Huraira recited: "And I seek refuge with You for her and for her offspring from the outcast Satan" (3.36)

O Maryam! Continue worshipping your Lord, prostrate yourself, and bow down with those who bow down. These (events) are from the unseen news which We reveal to you, and you were not with them when they were casting their pens as to which of them should take charge of Maryam, nor were you with them when they were disputing with one another. «يكفل» is spoken in the meaning of «يضم» , that is, to combine. «كفلها» means «ضمها» combined (in some recitations) with lightness. This is not the guardianship that is done in debts and the like, that is, guarantee is the other meaning.

Narrated `Ali: I heard the Prophet saying, "Mary, the daughter of `Imran, was the best among the women (of the world of her time) and Khadija is the best amongst the women. (of this nation).

«يبشرك‏» and «ويبشرك» (mazid and mujarad) both have the same meaning. «وجيها‏» means noble. Ibrahim Nakha'i said «مسيح» refers to «صديق‏.‏» . Mujahid said «كهلا‏» means forbearing. «أكمه» is one who sees during the day but not at night. This is the statement of Mujahid. Others have said «أكمه» means congenitally blind.

Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari: The Prophet said, "The superiority of `Aisha to other ladies is like the superiority of Tharid (i.e. meat and bread dish) to other meals. Many men reached the level of perfection, but no woman reached such a level except Mary, the daughter of `Imran and Asia, the wife of Pharaoh."

Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Amongst all those women who ride camels (i.e. Arabs), the ladies of Quraish are the best. They are merciful and kind to their off-spring and the best guardians of their husbands' properties.' Abu Huraira added, "Mary the daughter of `Imran never rode a camel."

Abu Ubaid narrated that by «كلمته» is meant the saying of Allah, "Be," and it is. And others said that by «وروح منه» is meant that Allah gave him life and breathed into him the soul, and do not say that the Lord is three.

Narrated 'Ubada: The Prophet said, "If anyone testifies that None has the right to be worshipped but Allah Alone Who has no partners, and that Muhammad is His Slave and His Apostle, and that Jesus is Allah's Slave and His Apostle and His Word which He bestowed on Mary and a Spirit created by Him, and that Paradise is true, and Hell is true, Allah will admit him into Paradise with the deeds which he had done even if those deeds were few." (Junada, the sub-narrator said, " 'Ubada added, 'Such a person can enter Paradise through any of its eight gates he likes.")

The word «انتبذت» is derived from «نبذ» , as in the story of Yunus (peace be upon him) it is said «نبذناه» , meaning We cast him. «شرقيا‏» means eastward (that is, from the mosque or from their house towards the east). The meaning of «فأجاءها‏» is that it made her helpless and restless. «تساقط‏» will fall. «قصيا‏» means far. «فريا‏» means great or evil. «نسيا‏» means insignificant. Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said the same. Others said «نسى» is said for something insignificant (this «فاتحه» is narrated from Suddi). Abu Wa'il said that Maryam thought that the pious one is the one who is wise. When she said (upon seeing Jibreel, peace be upon him, in the form of a young man), "If you are pious, fearing Allah." Waki' narrated from Isra'il, who narrated from Abu Ishaq, who narrated from Bara bin Azib: «سريا‏» in the Syriac language means a small canal.