The Angels Who Spoke to Maryam, Bringers of glad news
The unseenBringers of glad news
The Angels Who Spoke to Maryamالملائكة
Approximate dateJerusalem
Angels who called Zakariya in his prayer niche and told Maryam she was chosen above the women of the worlds.
While Zakariya stood praying in the sanctuary, angels called out that he would have a son named Yahya. They also spoke to Maryam: Allah has chosen you and purified you. Then they gave her news of a word from Allah, whose name would be the Messiah, Isa son of Maryam.
What does the Quran say?
And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.
Quran 3:42
The lesson
Allah chooses whom He wills, and the angels announce it.
Who lived at the same time?
Source: the Quran
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
The unseen
- The Angels
- Jibril
- Mikail
- Israfil
- The Angel of Death
- Munkar and Nakir
- Kiraman Katibin
- The Guardian Angels
- The Bearers of the Throne
- Malik, keeper of the Fire
- The Keepers of the Fire
- Ridwan
- Harut and Marut
- The Guests of Ibrahim
- The Angels Who Spoke to Maryam
- The Two Disputants of Dawud
- The Angels of Badr
- The Angels Who Pray for Believers
- The Angels of the Night of Decree
- The Jinn
- The Jinn Who Listened
- The Eavesdropping Devils
- The Qarin
- The Jinn of Sulayman
- The Ifrit of Sulayman
- The Hur al-Ayn
- The Youths of Paradise
- The Beast of the Earth