"Mary"
[19:16]
And make mention of Mary in the Scripture, when she had withdrawn from her people to a chamber looking East,
[19:17]
And had chosen seclusion from them. Then We sent unto her Our Spirit and it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man.
[19:18]
She said: Lo! I seek refuge in the Beneficent One from thee, if thou art God-fearing.
[19:19]
He said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless son.
[19:20]
She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste ?
[19:21]
He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me. And (it will be) that We may make of him a revelation for mankind and a mercy from Us, and it is a thing ordained.
[19:22]
And she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place.
[19:23]
And the pangs of childbirth drove her unto the trunk of the palm- tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died ere this and had become a thing of naught, forgotten!
[19:24]
Then (one) cried unto her from below her, saying: Grieve not! Thy Lord hath placed a rivulet beneath thee,
[19:25]
And shake the trunk of the palm-tree toward thee, thou wilt cause ripe dates to fall upon thee.
[19:26]
So eat and drink and be consoled. And if thou meetest any mortal, say: Lo! I have vowed a fast unto the Beneficent, and may not speak this day to any mortal.
[19:27]
Then she brought him to her own folk, carrying him. They said: O Mary! Thou hast come with an amazing thing.
[19:28]
O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot.
[19:29]
Then she pointed to him. They said: How can we talk to one who is in the cradle, a young boy ?
[19:30]
He spake: Lo! I am the slave of Allah. He hath given me the Scripture and hath appointed me a Prophet,
[19:31]
And hath made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and hath enjoined upon me prayer and almsgiving so long as I remain alive,
[19:32]
And (hath made me) dutiful toward her who bore me, and hath not made me arrogant, unblest.
[19:33]
Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!
[19:34]
Such was Jesus, son of Mary: (this is) a statement of the truth concerning which they doubt.
9 Nov 2008
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