16 Preface وَاذكُر فِي الكِتابِ مَريَمَ إِذِ انتَبَذَت مِن أَهلِها مَكانًا شَرقِيًّاAhmed AliCommemorate Mary in the Book.1 When she withdrew from her family to a place in the East The story of Mary first appears in 3:35-37. When she came of age, lots were cast for selecting a sponsor of spouse for her, 3:44. It was after this that news of the birth of Jesus was given to her by the angels, 3:45. The subsequent events are described here as a dream reality. She brings child Jesus to her people in vv. 27-28. The nature of conversation in vv. 29-33 points to another occasion when Jesus had become a prophet, v. 30 the time sequence showing toe two events having been telescoped, as in dream displacement.