[Machine] From some of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , they mentioned the interpretation and said in the story of Mary, peace be upon her, that those who used to write the Torah, when a person would come to them to be tested, they would cast lots among themselves to determine who should teach him. And Zakaria was the best among them that day, and he was their prophet, and Mary's sister was under his care. So when they brought her, Zakaria said to them, "I am more deserving of her guardianship than any of you, as her sister is under my care." So they refused and went out to the River Jordan, and they threw their pens, with which they wrote, into the river, to determine whose pen would stand upright and be chosen. Then the pens began to flow, and Zakaria's pen stood on his cradle as if it were in clay. So he took the girl...  

عَنْ نَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ التَّفْسِيرَ وَقَالَ فِي قِصَّةِ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَكْتُبُونَ التَّوْرَاةَ إِذَا جَاءُوا إِلَيْهِمْ بِإِنْسَانٍ يُجَرِّبُونَهُ اقْتَرَعُوا عَلَيْهِ أَيُّهُمْ يَأْخُذُهُ فَيُعَلِّمُهُ؟ وَكَانَ زَكَرِيَّا أَفْضَلَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَكَانَ نَبِيَّهُمْ وَكَانَتْ أُخْتُ مَرْيَمَ تَحْتَهُ فَلَمَّا أَتَوْا بِهَا قَالَ لَهُمْ زَكَرِيَّا أَنَا أَحَقُّكُمْ بِهَا تَحْتِي أُخْتُهَا فَأَبَوْا فَخَرَجُوا إِلَى نَهْرِ الْأُرْدُنِّ فَأَلْقَوْا أَقْلَامَهُمُ الَّتِي يَكْتُبُونَ بِهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَقُومُ قَلَمُهُ فَيَكْفُلَهَا؟ فَجَرَتِ الْأَقْلَامُ وَقَامَ قَلَمُ زَكَرِيَّا عَلَى قُرْنَتِهِ كَأَنَّهُ فِي طِينٍ فَأَخَذَ الْجَارِيَةَ