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37. " so, her lord accepted her with a good acceptance and made
(the plant of) her grow a goodly growth,
and he cherished her under the care of zakariya.
whenever zakariya entered the sanctury to (see) her,
he would find with her a sustenance.
he said: ` o' mary! whence have you got this ? '
she said: ` it is from allah. verily allah provides
with sustenance for whomever he wills without measure'."
commentary:
" so, her lord accepted her with a good acceptance... "
mary was a girl, yet allah accepted the vow of her mother with
pleasure (that she be set in jerusalem to serve instead of a boy), which
itself was a grace of allah to her.
"... and made (the plant of) her grow a goodly growth, ..."
the lord made her growth and development good. he (s.w.t.)
trained her well and, in all circumstances in her life, improved her affairs
nicely.
"... and he cherished her under the care of zakariya; ..."
that is, allah added mary to the family members (ahlul-bayt) of
zachariah and caused him to be mary's cherisher and guardian, as well
as a sponsor of her interests.
"... whenever zakariya entered the sanctury to (see) her, he would find
with her a sustenance. ..."
every time zachariah entered mary's sanctury, (and he used to do
it frequently), he would find fresh wholesome fruits with her which did
not belong to that season.
"... he said: ` o' mary! whence have you got this ? ' ..."
when zachariah asked her where that sustenance had come from,
mary answered:
"... she said: ` it is from allah '. ..."
that is, mary replied him that it had come from heaven, and that
was a grace from the side of allah unto her.
in kashshaf commentary, (at-tafsir-ul-kashshaf), it is cited that
during the time of famine and drought, one day the prophet (p.b.u.h.)
had become hungry. then, fatimah (a.s.) sent two loaves of bread and
some meat as a present for him in order to make him happy and honour
him. the holy prophet (p.b.u.h.), carrying that present with him, came
to fatimah's house. when he entered the house, he said:
" my daughter! come to me. "
when she came nigh to him, the prophet (p.b.u.h.) put the cover from
over the tray aside. at that time, (those who were present there saw
that) the tray was full of bread and meat. so, fatimah was surprised
when she saw them and comprehended that they had come down from
the side of allah.
then the prophet (p.b.u.h.) asked her:
" whence has this come to
you ? "
fatimah (a.s.), answered:
" it is from allah. he provides with
sustenance for whomever he wills without measure."
then, the messenger of allah (p.b.u.h.) said:
" i praise allah
who has set you (o' fatimah! ) like the chief lady of the women of
israelites (i.e. mary)."
after that, the prophet (p.b.u.h.) called hadrat ali-ibn, abi talib
(a.s.), imam hassan (a.s.), imam husayn (a.s.) and all the members of
his house to gather around that tray. then, all of them ate from that
food so that they satiated. yet, there was still some considerable food
remained in the tray, (so much so as if nothing had been consumed of
it). so, hadrat fatimah (a.s.) distributed it among people living in her
neighbourhood.1
"... verily allah provides with sustenance for whomever he
wills without measure.' "
allah gives sustenance without measure since his power and
sovereignty has no limit or finite, and whatever is taken from it, nothing
will be decreased of it.
1 tafsir-kashshaf, vol. 1 p. 427
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