2402: 13069: Its excellence (fadluha): 1: Al-Manthur: (5/486).

: 13070: An eastern place (sharqiyyan): 2: Al-Qurtubi said in the interpretation of this verse: Meaning: A place on the eastern side. And "al-sharq" (with a sukun on the ra'): is the place where the sun rises. And "al-sharq" (with a fatha on the ra'): is the sun. He specifically chose the eastern place because they used to venerate the eastern direction and the place from where the lights rise, and the eastern aspects of everything were better than others. Al-Tabari narrated this.

: 13071: From them (minhum): 3: Al-Manthur: (5/487).

: 13072: A year (sanatan): 4: The previous source: (5/488).

: 13073: The sun (al-shams): 5: The previous source (5/488).

: 13074: She gave birth (wada'at): 6: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (3/114).

: 13074: And he grew up (wa-kabura): 7: Al-Manthur: (5/489).

: 13075: A screen (hijaban): 8: Al-Manthur: (5/489).

2403: 13076: The opening (al-faraj): 1: Al-Manthur: (5/499).

: 13077: Jibril (Jibril): 2: The previous source: (5/499-500).

: 13078: Allah (Allah): 3: The previous source: (5/499-500).

: 13079: Speaking to him (yukallimuhu): 4: The previous source: (5/499-500).

: 13080: Perfectly formed (sawiyyan): 5: The saying of the Almighty: "Perfectly formed" (sawiyyan), i.e., of perfect constitution, because she would not have been able to look at Jibril in his [original] form.

: 13081: His prohibition (nahyuhu): 6: Al-Manthur: (5/499).

: 13082: Righteous (salihan): 7: The previous source: (5/499-500).

: 13083: An unchaste woman (zaniyah): 8: The previous source: (5/499-500).

2404: 13084: She took refuge (alja'aha): 1: Al-Qurtubi said in the interpretation of this verse: Meaning: She retreated with the pregnancy to a distant place. Ibn Abbas said: To the furthest part of the valley, and it is the valley of Bethlehem; between it and Iliya' (Jerusalem) are four miles. And she only