Maryam (surah)

Sura 19 of the Quran
مريم
Maryam
Mary
ClassificationMeccan
PositionJuzʼ 16
No. of Rukus6
No. of verses98
No. of Sajdahs1 (Ayah 58)
No. of words972
No. of letters3835
Opening muqaṭṭaʻāt5 Kaaf Ha Ya Ain Saad (كهيعص)
Double-page from the Qur'an with chapter heading and first twenty nine verses of surah Maryam. This spread marking the middle of the text also has elaborate decorative panels with Qur'anic passages at the top and bottom. Iran, 1186. Chester Beatty Library
Qur'an made for emperor Akbar with chapter heading and first thirty one verses of sura Maryam. Lahore, 1573/1574. British Library

Maryam[1] (Arabic: مريم, Maryam; Arabic synonym of "Mary") is the 19th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an with 98 verses (āyāt). The 114 chapters in the Quran are roughly ordered by size. The Quranic chapter is named after Mary, mother of Jesus (Isa), and the Virgin Mary in Christian belief. It recounts the events leading up to the birth of Jesus. The text of the surah refers to many known prophetic figures, including Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Ishmael, Idris, Adam, Zechariah and Noah.

The Birmingham Quran manuscript preserves the final eight verses (Q19:91–98), on parchment radiocarbon dated to between 568ce/56bh and 645/25ah.[2][3] The Sanaa manuscript, dated between 578ce/44 bh and 669/49ah, includes verses 2–28.

From the perspective of Islamic tradition, (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan Surah", believed to have been revealed sooner than the later revelations in Medina.[4] Theodor Nöldeke's chronology identifies this Surah as the 58th Surah delivered. Traditional Egyptian chronology places it as the 44th.

  1. ^ Ibn Kathir. "Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Maryam". Quran 4 U. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Birmingham Qur'an manuscript dated among the oldest in the world". University of Birmingham. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  3. ^ "'Oldest' Koran fragments found in Birmingham University". BBC. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. ^ Sadeghi & Bergmann 2010, p. 348.

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