What did Ibn Kathir say about Maryam (Mary)?
The Qurʾan names Maryam more times than the Christian Gospels do. Ibn Kathir traces her life from her miraculous birth to Zakariyyā's guardianship, to her conception of ʿĪsā without a father.
1 passages from 1 book in the library
The classical approach.
These passages are drawn from 1 book by Ibn Battuta — part of the classical Sunni tradition that carries over a thousand years of reflection on the Qurʾān, the authentic Sunnah, and the consensus of the early community. Nothing below is a paraphrase. The words are the scholars' own, translated from the original Arabic manuscripts.
14th century · Tangier, Morocco
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"Near this city, amidst its gardens, lies the zawiyah of the pious worshipper Abu Muhammad bin Abi Bakr bin Isa from Dhofar."
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