16
all except Mary and her son. Abu Hurayrah would then say, “Recite, if you wish: ‘and I seek Your protection for her and her offspring from the accursed Satan’ (3:36).”
The Exalted also said:
“So her Lord accepted her with gracious acceptance, caused her to grow in a worthy manner, and entrusted her care to Zechariah. Whenever Zechariah entered upon her in the sanctuary he found provision beside her. He asked, ‘Mary, where did this come from for you?’ She replied, ‘It is from Allah; truly Allah provides for whom He wills without reckoning.’” (3:37)
Next, He mentioned the story of Zechariah and John, and then He said—
الشَّيْطَانِ إِلَّا مَرْيَمَ وَابْنَهَا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ اقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ»
{وَإِنِّي أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ}
[آل عمران: ٣٦]
قَالَ - تَعَالَى -:
{فَتَقَبَّلَهَا رَبُّهَا بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٍ وَأَنْبَتَهَا نَبَاتًا حَسَنًا وَكَفَّلَهَا زَكَرِيَّا كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا الْمِحْرَابَ وَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا رِزْقًا قَالَ يَامَرْيَمُ أَنَّى لَكِ هَذَا قَالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ}
[آل عمران: ٣٧]
ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ قِصَّةَ زَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيَى ثُمَّ قَالَ