This story is based on some verses of Holly Quran. it tells you how Hanna, the wife of Imran and the mother of Maryam (Mary), craved for a child desperately after she saw a mother-bird feeding her chick . This story will inspire you to be submitted to Allah and acknowledge how powerful He is.

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When Mother of Mary
Saw a Bird
Shamsul Hoque Siddique
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When Mother of Mary Saw a Bird
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Sections
1-Up on a tree/5
2-Hanna got amazed/5
3-But she was a strong womanof belief/6
4-Hanna’s vow/7
5-Allah sent His command/9
6-She wished the child to be a boy/9
7-Hanna named her child/10

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Up on a tree a mother bird set. She fed her young. She fed her
young with loveand passion. She fed her young and tickledits
head, wings and shoulder. She tickled them every now and
then. The young was happy. It thrilled and excited. It
delighted with every worm his mother casted into his wide
opened mouth.
What a loving scene! What a charming panorama.
Hanna got amazed
Hanna got amazed as she saw this lovelyscene. She hungered
for a child. She craved for a baby. Her feeling of maternity got
into her in strong influx. She wanted to be a mother. She
yearned to be mother of a child. She must have it. The Al-
Mighty AllahWho gavethis bird a chick must grant her a child.
A child whom she will love, whom she will give her passion,
clemency and kindness.
How is it possible? She was a barren woman. She would not
give birth to any child. She was much older than the age when
a woman bears a child and gives birth.

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But she was a strong woman of belief
But she was a strong woman of belief. She had has a steady
belief that the God she is worshiping is the creator of the
heavens and the earth; creator of the universe. She believed
that this GodWho is none other than Allahhas ultimatepower
over everything. He can create anything out of nothing. It is
just matter of a word for Him, nothing else. He just says ‘Be’,
and the thing He wanted takes its shape. How easy it is for
Him to create!

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Hanna’s vow
Everything in the universe are compelled to follow his
command, so will do my body, so will do my womb. So why
don’t I make a strong call to my creator! Isn’t He the One Who
said: ` Call me, and I will answer you? She whispered in her
mind and decided to call Him in a steady tone, she placed her
call in front of Allah. She said: O my lord! I havevowed to You
what is in my womb, to be dedicated (to Your service), so
accept this from me. Indeed, You are All-Hearing, All-
Knowing.’

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She did it out of her persistence, she did it out of her diligence.
Otherwise,until the moment, she knew, she has nothing inher
womb. However, Allah is All-Powerful and All-Knowing. He
can do anything in a moment. Furthermore, she not only
wished a childbut also she insisted that this child willhave no
duty in life other than serving Allah through serving His
house: Baitul Maqdis.

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She just wanted a childwho will be a true servant of Allah.She
didn’t demand any warrior or a political leader. She just
wanted a child who will sacrificehis life to serve the mosque.
He will do it in silent. He will be a true example of purity and
peace.
Such a strong and holy call could not go without answering.
Allah answered her immediately. She was pious and devotee.
She was a member of a family chosen by Allah to be leader of
spirituality. To be a family in which prophets and messengers
will be hatched. So the answer came without any lingering.
Allah sent His command
Allah sent His command to Hanna’s body to be prepared to
receive the child. So she got her period immediately. When
her period was over she receivea childfrom her husband. Her
husband was Imran. The third Surah of the Quran was name
after his name. He was Hanna’s husband and head of one of
families chosen by Allah.
Hanna was overwhelmingly happy with this gift of Al-Mighty
Allah. She would always praise Him, thank Him for what He
bestowed upon her.
She wished the child to be a boy
She took care of the child in her womb. She wished it to be a
boy. She vowed that the child will serve the mosque. And at
that time no one was allowed to serve the mosque unless he
is a man. She told Allah that the child will serve His house.

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One day Hanna felt a severe pain in her womb. She knew that
the time has approached to give the birth. She was happy and
amazed. She is finallygoing to get a child who willserve Allah,
who will be devotee and pious, who please her and her
husband by obeying them in fulfilling their wishes.
She gave birth. It was not boy as she waited for. It was a girl.
She felt sorrow and sighed. She offered apology to Allah that
she could not give birth but to a girl. However,AllahAl-Mighty
gave her a girl. He is Al-knowing,full of wisdom. If He decided
to give her a girl that means this girlis better than the boy she
wished. Allah said in the Holly Quran reporting event:
‘O my Lord, I have delivered a female,- and Allah knew
best what she delivered- ‘And the male is not like the
female.’ (Quran 3: 36).
It was a gift from Allah. No matter if it was male or female.
Hanna felt peace at her mind. She felt contented. Because this
is the decision of Al-Knowing and Al-Hearing Allah.
This girl will serve the mosque. She will break custom of
serving the mosque, which was till then limited to men. This
was a miracleindeedafter the miracleofgiving birth to a child
at an old age.
Hanna named her child
Hanna wished her girl to be pure, pious, devout, and fervent
servant of Allah. So she named her Maryam (Mary), meaning
‘servant of Lord.’ She alsosought refuge with Allahfor her girl
and her girl’s children from Satan.

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She did it because she knew Allah alone can give refuge from
Satan, the expelled.She wanted her girlto be away from devil.
She desired her to be an examplefor other in piety and virtue.
She also wished her girl to be mother of children. She
expressed of her wish in a steady language as she did for
herself. Shedidn’t said: O my lord!Grant her childrenand save
them from Satan. Instead she said: ‘I seek refuge with You for
her and for her children from Satan, the expelled.’
How strong believer she was!
This is what we read in the Holly Quran as Allah says
reporting Hanna:
‘And I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge with You
forherandforherchildrenfromSatan,theexpelled(from
the mercy of Allah).’” (Quran 3: 36).
Hanna was a strong woman. She didn’t waited for men
relatives to name the child. She herself took the initiative and
named her child Maryam. She named her with a good name. A
name that depicts her wisdom and piousness. She chose a
name that willencourage her child to be devotee to Allah.She
didn’t choose any name which is meaningless, strange.
Shewasreally a woman of wisdom and knowledge.