Weekly Saudi Arabian Trivia

The Birth of Mary

After being childless for many years Hannah, wife of Imran, pleaded with God for a child and in return she would offer the child into the service of God's house, the temple of Jerusalem. God granted her request and they thanked God for his mercy.

Quran 003.036: When she delivered, she said: "O my Lord! Behold! I am delivered of a female child!" - and God knew best what she brought forth - "And no wise is the male like the female. I have named her Mary, and I commend her and her offspring to Thy protection from the Evil One, the Rejected."