Maryam • EN-TAFSIR-IBN-ABBAS
﴿ وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ ٱنتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًۭا شَرْقِيًّۭا ﴾
“AND CALL to mind, through this divine writ, Mary. Lo! She withdrew from her family to an eastern place”
(And make mention) O Muhammad (of Mary) of the event of Mary (in the Scripture) in the Qur'an, (when she had withdrawn from her people to a chamber looking East) east of their house,