22 Then she conceived him; and withdrew with him to a remote place. |
23 And the throes of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died before this, and had been a thing quite forgotten! |
24 So a voice came to her from beneath her: Grieve not, surely thy Lord has provided a stream beneath thee. |
25 And shake towards thee the trunk of the palm-tree, it will drop on thee fresh ripe dates. |
26 So eat and drink and cool the eye. Then if thou seest any mortal, say: Surely I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent, so I will not speak to any man today. |
27 Then she came to her people with him, carrying him. They said: O Mary, thou hast indeed brought a strange thing! |
28 O sister of Aaron, thy father was not a wicked man, nor was thy mother an unchaste woman! |
29 But she pointed to him. They said: How should we speak to one who is a child in the cradle? |
30 He said: I am indeed a servant of Allāh. He has given me the Book and made me a prophet: |
31 And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on me prayer and poor-rate so long as I live: |
32 And to be kind to my mother; and He has not made me insolent, unblessed. |
33 And peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I am raised to life. |
34 Such is Jesus son of Mary — a statement of truth about which they dispute. |
35 It beseems not Allāh that He should take to Himself a son. Glory be to Him! when He decrees a matter He only says to it, Be, and it is. |
36 And surely Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him. This is the right path. |
37 But parties from among them differed; so woe to those who disbelieve, because of their presence on a grievous day! |