(… فَتَقَبَّلَهَا رَبُّهَا بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٍ ) (with good acceptance…): Allah (swt) accepted the pledge by Virgin Mary’s mother. This is what’s meant by ‘good acceptance.’

(… وَأَنبَتَهَا نَبَاتًا حَسَنًا …) (…and caused her to grow in a good manner): To grow in a good manner you need a holy care that was provided by the Almighty directly to Virgin Mary.

(… وَكَفَّلَهَا زَكَرِيَّا …) (…and put her in the care of Zechariah …): This is the first time the name of Zechariah, who is a prophet of the Sons of Israel and the Virgin Mary’s maternal aunt’s husband, is mentioned. He is the one in whose care Virgin Mary was put as was the trend of that time. We will have a verse which shows that there was a dispute about who will be responsible for Virgin Mary, the thing that Zechariah did:

 {وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يُلْقُونَ أَقْلَامَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ يَكْفُلُ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ}

(And you were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should be responsible for Mary. Nor were you with them when they disputed.) (Aal-Imran: 44)

(… كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا الْمِحْرَابَ وَجَدَ عِندَهَا رِزْقًا ۖ …) (…Every time Zechariah entered upon her in the prayer chamber, he found with her provision …): She used to be in the prayer chamber in the Holy House. The prayer chamber is the holiest spot in a mosque. So, Zechariah used to find a provision whenever he entered upon her in the prayer chamber. Nonetheless, the Holy Quran never states what such a provision was; it’s said that it’s the fruits of summer in winter and vice versa. The provision was something unavailable in the country, but, above all, it’s by Allah (swt).

(… قَالَ يَا مَرْيَمُ أَنَّىٰ لَكِ هَٰذَا …) (…He said, “O Mary, from where is this [coming] to you?”…): Zechariah (PBUH) knows well that such a thing is impossible as nobody can get in or out without his knowledge. He is responsible for Virgin Mary. The rule of (where from have you got this?) was first set by the Holy Quran. Zechariah inquired about Virgin Mary getting such a provision; but he wouldn’t have asked had he known that it’s coming to her normally.

( قَالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ … ) (…She said, “It is from Allah. Indeed, Allah provides for whom He wills without account.”): Little, worshipping Virgin Mary responded immediately that it’s from Allah, teaching Zechariah that the will of the Almighty needs no reasons to get something done and gives without account. So, Zechariah (PBUH) remembered such a thing which he had already known; and this incident was as if Mary had awakened the innermost of Zechariah.