وَإِذْ قَالَتِ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَآءِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allāh has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- (நபியே! மர்யமிடத்தில்) மலக்குகள்; மர்யமே! நிச்சயமாக அல்லாஹ் உம்மைத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்திருக்கின்றான்;. உம்மைத் தூய்மையாகவும் ஆக்கியிருக்கிறான்; இன்னும் உலகத்திலுள்ள பெண்கள் யாவரையும் விட (மேன்மையாக) உம்மைத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்திருக்கின்றான்" (என்றும்).
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ‘අහෝ මර්යම්! නියත වශයෙන් ම අල්ලාහ් ඔබව තෝරා ගත්තේ ය. ඔබව පිවිතුරු කළේ ය. තවද ලෝවැසි කාන්තාවන්ට වඩා ඔබව (ඉහළින්) තෝරා ගත්තේ ය’ යැයි මලක්වරුන් පැවසූ අවස්ථාව සිහිපත් කරනු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور جب فرشتوں نے کہا، اے مریم! اللہ تعالیٰ نے تجھے برگزیده کر لیا اور تجھے پاک کر دیا اور سارے جہان کی عورتوں میں سے تیرا انتخاب کر لیا۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 天使たちがこう言った時を思い起せ。「マルヤムよ，誠にアッラーはあなたを選んであなたを清め，万有の女人を越えて御選びになられた。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 当时，天神说：麦尔彦啊！真主确已拣选你，使你纯洁，使你超越全世界的妇女。
Tafsir of 3:42
The Virtue of Maryam Over the Women of Her Time Allah states that the angels spoke to Maryam by His command and told her that He chose her because of her service to Him, because of her modesty, honor, innocence, and conviction. Allah also chose her because of her virtue over the women of the world. At-Tirmidhi recorded that `Ali bin Abi Talib said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, «خَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ، وَخَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا خَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِد» (The best woman (in her time) was Maryam, daughter of `Imran, and the best woman (of the Prophet's time) is Khadijah (his wife), daughter of Khuwaylid.)" The Two Sahihs recorded this Hadith. Ibn Jarir recorded that Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «كَمُلَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ كَثِيرٌ، وَلَمْ يَكْمُلْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ وَ آسِيَةُ امْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْن» (Many men achieved perfection, but among women, only Maryam the daughter of `Imran and Asiah, the wife of Fir`awn, achieved perfection.) The Six -- with the exception of Abu Dawud - recorded it.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
