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Surah Maryam, Ayah 58 (19:58)

مَرْيَم

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّۧنَ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ ءَادَمَ وَمِمَّنْ …

Quran 19:58 is ayah 58 of Surah Maryam (“Mary”), a Meccan surah of 98 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 309 of the Madani Mushaf.

19:58 Sajdah
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَأَنْعَمَٱللَّهُعَلَيْهِممِّنَٱلنَّبِيِّۧنَمِنذُرِّيَّةِءَادَمَوَمِمَّنْحَمَلْنَامَعَنُوحٍوَمِنذُرِّيَّةِإِبْرَٰهِيمَوَإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَوَمِمَّنْهَدَيْنَاوَٱجْتَبَيْنَآ ۚإِذَاتُتْلَىٰعَلَيْهِمْءَايَٰتُٱلرَّحْمَٰنِخَرُّوا۟سُجَّدًاوَبُكِيًّا ۩٥٨
ulāika alladhīna anʿama l-lahu ʿalayhim mina l-nabiyīna min dhurriyyati ādama wamimman ḥamalnā maʿa nūḥin wamin dhurriyyati ib'rāhīma wa-is'rāīla wamimman hadaynā wa-ij'tabaynā idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātu l-raḥmāni kharrū sujjadan wabukiyyan

Those were the ones upon whom Allāh bestowed favor from among the prophets of the descendants of Adam and of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel [i.e., Jacob], and of those whom We guided and chose. When the verses of the Most Merciful were recited to them, they fell in prostration and weeping.(58)

Word by word

  1. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(were) the ones whom
  3. أَنْعَمَanʿamaAllah bestowed favor
  4. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah bestowed favor
  5. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon them
  6. مِّنَminafrom (among)
  7. ٱلنَّبِيِّۧنَl-nabiyīnathe Prophets
  8. مِنminof
  9. ذُرِّيَّةِdhurriyyati(the) offspring
  10. ءَادَمَādama(of) Adam
  11. وَمِمَّنْwamimmanand of those
  12. حَمَلْنَاḥamalnāWe carried
  13. مَعَmaʿawith
  14. نُوحٍnūḥinNuh
  15. وَمِنwaminand of
  16. ذُرِّيَّةِdhurriyyati(the) offspring
  17. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
  18. وَإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَwa-is'rāīlaand Israel
  19. وَمِمَّنْwamimmanand of (those) whom
  20. هَدَيْنَاhadaynāWe guided
  21. وَٱجْتَبَيْنَآ ۚwa-ij'tabaynāand We chose
  22. إِذَاidhāWhen
  23. تُتْلَىٰtut'lāwere recited
  24. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
  25. ءَايَٰتُāyātu(the) Verses
  26. ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِl-raḥmāni(of) the Most Gracious
  27. خَرُّوا۟kharrūthey fell
  28. سُجَّدًاsujjadanprostrating
  29. وَبُكِيًّا ۩wabukiyyanand weeping

Tafsir (commentary) of 19:58

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

These Prophets are the Chosen Ones

Allah, the Exalted, says that these Prophets (were favored), but this does not mean only these Prophets who were mentioned in this Surah. Rather, it is referring to all of those who were Prophets. Allah merely changes the implication of the discussion from specific individuals to the entire group of Prophets.

الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّيْنَ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ ءادَمَ

(they unto whom Allah bestowed His grace from among the Prophets, of the offspring of Adam.) As-Suddi and Ibn Jarir both said, "That which is meant by the offspring of Adam is Idris, and what is meant by the offspring of those `whom We carried with Nuh' is Ibrahim, and what is meant by the offspring of Ibrahim is Ishaq, Ya`qub and Isma`il, and what is meant by the offspring of Isra`il is Musa, Harun, Zakariyya, Yayha and `Isa bin Maryam." Ibn Jarir said, "And that is the distinction of their genealogies, even though Adam gathers all of them (as their original father). This is because among them is he who was not a descendant of those who were on the ship with Nuh, and he that is Idris. For verily, he was the grandfather of Nuh." I say that this is the most apparent meaning, which concludes that Idris is amongst the pillars of Nuh's ancestral lineage. The view that this Ayah refers to the ancestral lineage of the Prophets, is the fact that it is similar to Allah's statement in Surah Al-An`am,

وَتِلْكَ حُجَّتُنَآ ءَاتَيْنَـهَآ إِبْرَهِيمَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَـتٍ مَّن نَّشَآءُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ - وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ إِسْحَـقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ كُلاًّ هَدَيْنَا وَنُوحاً هَدَيْنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِ دَاوُودَ وَسُلَيْمَـنَ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُوسُفَ وَمُوسَى وَهَـرُونَ وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِينَ - وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيَى وَعِيسَى وَإِلْيَاسَ كُلٌّ مِّنَ الصَّـلِحِينَ - وَإِسْمَـعِيلَ وَالْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطاً وَكُلاًّ فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى الْعَـلَمِينَ - وَمِنْ ءابَائِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّـتِهِمْ وَإِخْوَنِهِمْ وَاجْتَبَيْنَـهُمْ وَهَدَيْنَـهُمْ إِلَى صِرَطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

(And that was our proof which We gave Ibrahim against his people. We raise whom We will in degrees. Certainly your Lord is All-Wise, All-Knowing. And We bestowed upon him Ishaq and Ya`qub, each of them We guided; and before him We guided Nuh, and among his progeny Dawud, Sulayman, Ayyub, Yusuf, Musa and Harun. Thus do We reward the doers of good. And Zakariyya, and Yahya, and `Isa and Ilyas, each one of them was of the righteous. And Isma`il and Al-Yasa` and Yunus and Lut and each one of them We preferred above the `Alamin. And also some of their fathers and their progeny and their brethern, We chose them, and We guided them to the straight path.)6:83-87 Until Allah's statement,

أُوْلَـئِكَ الَّذِينَ هَدَى اللَّهُ فَبِهُدَاهُمُ اقْتَدِهْ

(They are those whom Allah had guided. So follow their guidance.) 6: 90 Allah, the Exalted, says,

مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ

(Of some of them We have related to you their story. And of some We have not related to you their story.) 40:78 In Sahih Al-Bukhari it is reported from Mujahid that he asked Ibn `Abbas, "Is there a prostration in Surah Sad" Ibn `Abbas replied, "Yes." Then he recited,

أُوْلَـئِكَ الَّذِينَ هَدَى اللَّهُ فَبِهُدَاهُمُ اقْتَدِهْ

(They are those whom Allah had guided. So follow their guidance.) 6:90 Ibn `Abbas then said, "So your Prophet is one of those who have been commanded to follow them. And he is of those who should be followed." -- referring to Dawud. Allah, the Exalted, said in this noble Ayah,

إِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ ءايَـتُ الرَّحْمَـنِ خَرُّواْ سُجَّداً وَبُكِيّاً

(When the Ayah of the Most Gracious were recited unto them, they fell down prostrate and weeping.) This means that when they heard the Words of Allah, mentioning His proofs and evidences, they prostrated to their Lord in humility, humbleness, praise and thanks for the great favors they were blessed with. The word Bukiyan at the end of the Ayah means those who are crying, and it is the plural of Baki. Due to this the scholars agree that it is legislated to prostrate upon reading this Ayah, in following them and adhering to their manner of worship.

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