1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

the angel Jibril, and made you a Prophet, calling
to Allah in the cradle and manhood. I made you
speak in the cradle, and you testified that your
mother was free from any immoral behavior, and
you proclaimed that you worship Me. You also
conveyed the news of My Message and invited
them to worship Me.
تُكَل ِّمُ‏ الن َّاسَ‏ فِي الْمَهْدِ‏ وَآَهْلاً‏
so that you spoke to the people in the cradle and in
maturity;
Meaning you called the people to Allah in
childhood and in maturity.
And the word Tukallim means invited, because
his speaking to people while a child is nothing
strange by itself.
Allah's statement,
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وَإِذْ‏ عَل َّمْتُكَ‏ الْكِتَابَ‏ وَالْحِكْمَةَ‏
(And when I taught you the Book and the Hikmah,) the
power of writing and understanding,
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وَالت َّوْرَاةَ‏ وَالإِنجِي ‏َل
(and the Tawrah,) which was revealed to Musa, son of
`Imran, who spoke to Allah directly.
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Allah's statement,
وَإِذْ‏ تَخْلُقُ‏ مِنَ‏ الط ِّينِ‏ آَهَيْئَةِ‏ الط َّيْرِ‏ بِإِذْنِي ...
and when you made out of the clay, as it were, the
figure of a bird, by My permission,
means: `you shaped it in the figure of a bird by
My permission, and it became a bird with My
permission,
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فَتَنفُخُ‏ فِيهَا فَتَكُونُ‏ طَيْرًا بِإِذْنِي
and you breathed into it, and it became a bird by My
permission,
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